English Explanatory Dictionary

tholemod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Patient; long-suffering; forbearing.

Word forms

tholemod more tholemod most tholemod

Etymology

From Middle English tholemod, from Old English þolmōd, þolemōd (“forbearing, patient, of a patient disposition; patience, endurance”), equivalent to thole + mood. Cognate with Icelandic þolinmóður (“patient”), Swedish tålmodig (“patient”), Danish tålmodig (“patient”).

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