PATIENCE, PATIENT, PATIENTLY
ADJECTIVES
1303 — SUFFERABLE patient, long-suffering → obs. exc. arch.
1330 — SUFFERANT long-suffering, patient, tolerant, enduring → obs.
1620 — LONGANIMOUS long-suffering; enduring, patient
1773 — PATIENTFULL very patient; waiting with patience → Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
1773 — THOLEMOODY patient → Sc.
1831 — OMNIPATIENT patient of everything, having unlimited endurance
1860 — AS MEEK AS MOSES very patient and mild-mannered; quietly accepting
1895 — PATIENTABLE patient → Eng. dial.
1903 — PATIENATE patient, long-suffering → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1967 — PECKY tedious, intricate, requiring patience and attention to detail → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1483 — SUFFERABLY with patient endurance → obs.
1530 — ABIDINGLY assiduously, patiently → obs.
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
1904 — AT THE END OF ONE’S ROW at the limit of one’s patience or endurance → Amer. dial.
1961 — HOLD YOUR ASS! be patient! → Amer. sl.
1965 — DON’T GET YOUR DANDER UP! be patient! → Amer. dial.
1965 — HOLD YOUR DANDER DOWN! said to a person to make him be patient → Amer. dial.
1965 — KEEP YOUR BRITCHES ON! used to tell someone to be patient → Amer. dial.
1965 — SIT ON IT! be patient → Amer. dial.
1965 — THAT CAPS IT said when at the end of your patience → Amer. dial.
1965 — THAT CAPS THE CLIMAX said when at the end of your patience → Amer. dial.
1966 — DON’T GET YOUR DANDRUFF UP! be patient! → Amer. dial.
1966 — DON’T GET YOUR TAIL FEATHERS UP! be patient → Amer. dial.
1966 — HANG TO THE RIGGING be patient → Amer. dial.
1967 — DON’T GET YOUR TAIL OVER THE CRUPPER! be patient → Amer. dial.
1968 — THAT CLEANS THE PLOW OFF said when you have come to the end of your patience → Amer. dial.
1968 — THAT PUTS ON THE CAPSHEAF said when at the end of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
1968 — THAT’S THE ENDGATE said when you have come to the end of your patience → Amer. dial.
1969 — THAT PUTS THE CAP ON THE BOTTLE said when you have come to the end of your patience; to be the ‘last straw’ → Amer. dial.
1970 — DAMPER IT! an expression to tell someone to be patient → Amer. dial.
1975 — HOLD YOUR WATER! be patient! → US sl. (Bk.)
1988 — COOL THE BEANS! calm down!, be patient! → Sc. sl.
NOUNS
1300 — SUFFERANCE patient endurance, forbearance, long-suffering → arch.
1845 — MAIN patience, endurance, self-restraint → Sc.
1904 — THE END OF THE ROW the limit of one’s patience or endurance → Amer. dial.
1909 — LAST PEA IN THE DISH the last one, the last thing, esp. the last piece of food left on a place; the last straw, the limit, the end of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
1956 — LAST BUTTON ON GABE’S COAT the limit of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
1965 — LAST PEA IN THE POT the last one, the last thing, esp. the last piece of food left on a place; the last straw, the limit, the end of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
1965 — PAYOFF the last straw; the limit of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
1965 — THE END OF THE BEAN ROW the limit of one’s patience or endurance → Amer. dial.
1966 — LAST DROP the last straw, the limit; the end of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
1966 — LAST DROP IN THE BUCKET the last straw, the limit; the end of one’s patience → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON (also see HOSPITAL)
1374 — SUFFERANT a person who is patient or long-suffering → obs.
1809 — SUFFERER a patient
VERBS
1790 — TAKE TENT to take time, to have patience → Sc.
1895 — PATIENT to make patient; to content → Amer. dial.
1935 — NOT TO GET ONE’S WATER HOT to exercise patience, to refrain from making a hasty judgement → Amer. dial.
1950 — OUTPATIENCE to cause to lose patience → Amer. dial.
1950 — POP ONE’S CORK to lose one’s temper; to lose patience → sl.
1956 — DWELL THE BOX to be patient → UK sl.
1965 — HOLD ONE’S POTATO to be patient, to wait, not be hasty → Amer. dial.
1965 — KEEP ONE’S LATHER DOWN to be patient → Amer. dial.