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tholemod

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thole-mod
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Patient; long-suffering; forbearing.

Obsolete

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tholemod, þolmōd

Usage

Inflected Forms

more tholemod (comparative) most tholemod (superlative)

Questions

What does tholemod mean?
Patient; long-suffering; forbearing.
Where does tholemod come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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