Definitions
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- adjective Patient to excess.
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- adjective Excessively
patient .
Etymologies
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over- + patient
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Examples
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So go thy ways, and set quick about it, for I like not much bandying of words, being not overpatient in my nature. '
Vietnam: Solutions McCarthy, Mary 1967
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I am angry with myself for having burdened an overpatient friend like you with this Hartel affair.
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So go thy ways, and set quick about it, for I like not much bandying of words, being not overpatient in my nature. "
The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages 1882
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