a nonpatience of wives
- Subject
- wife (wives)
- Category
- People → General
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Noonpacyens (1486)
Collective noun
nonpatience
Also spelled Noonpacyens (1486)
What do you call a group of wives?
a nonpatience of wives
- Used for
- 1 subject
- Categories
- People
- Subcategories
- General
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Noonpacyens of wyues”.
Other senses of the word: nonpatience on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
Related words
No other collective nouns recorded for these subjects.