patient

patient [-est] adj

OFr passient < L. patī, to suffer.

1. Painful; difficult; demanding fortitude; requiring endurance.
2. Enduring; uncomplaining; self-denying; expectant; calm.
3. Ill; invalid; diseased [fig.] passively afflicted.

patient adv

see patient, adj.

1. Bravely; uncomplainingly; courageously; [fig.] hidden; concealed.
2. Diligently; assiduously; unceasingly; constantly; expectantly; earnestly; painfully.