endurance

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

First attested in the late 15th century. From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance. Morphologically endure + -ance.

You fidget me beyond endurance. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Look at his persistence and endurance. — Dracula, Bram Stoker
He is really growing past endurance. — The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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