Tholeful
/ˈθoʊl.fəl/noun
Patient, enduring, or able to tolerate hardship; chiefly dialectal or Scots.
Did you know?Tholeful is built from the old verb thole, a survival of a Germanic endurance-word related to Latin tolerāre, the source of tolerate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*telh₂-
“To bear, support, or endure; a reconstructed ancestral root.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þulōną
“To endure or suffer patiently.”
Old English
Old English
þolian
“To endure, suffer, or undergo.”
Middle English
Middle English
tholen / thole
“To endure, suffer, or tolerate.”
Scots and English dialects
Scots
tholeful
“Enduring, patient, or able to bear hardship.”
Modern English
English
tholeful
“An uncommon dialectal adjective meaning patient or long-suffering.”