forbearant

English

Etymology

From forbear +‎ -ant.

Adjective

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[.]

References

• “forbearant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.