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forbearant

forbearant adjective: forbearing; long-suffering.

Adjective

forbearant (comparative more forbearant, superlative most forbearant)

  1. forbearing; long-suffering
    • 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[.]1830, Thomas Carlyle, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter

Forms of forbearant

comparativemore forbearant
superlativemost forbearant

Origin of forbearant

From forbear + -ant.

Words formed from forbearant

Questions about forbearant

What does forbearant mean?
Forbearant means forbearing; long-suffering.
What part of speech is forbearant?
Forbearant is an adjective.

Words near forbearant in the dictionary

  1. forbathe
  2. forbear
  3. forbearable
  4. forbearance
  5. forbearances
  6. forbearant
  7. forbearantly
  8. forbeare
  9. forbearer
  10. forbearers
  11. forbeares

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