forbearant

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English

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Etymology

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From forbear +‎ -ant.

Adjective

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forbearant (comparative more forbearant, superlative most forbearant)

  1. forbearing; long-suffering
    • 1830, Thomas Carlyle, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter:
      Gay, gentle, frolicsome as a lamb, yet strong, forbearant and royally courageous as a lion, he worked along, amid the scouring of kettles, the hissing of frying-pans, the hum of his mother's wheel[.]

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