puzzlepatient

/ˈpʌzəlˈpeɪʃənt/adjectiveVerified New

Also in: Puzzlegeduldig (Deutsch) · grisitud (Español) · puztient (Français)

Describing the temperament that can sort four hundred grey pieces and remain a person.

The puzzlepatient worker sorts by color, then by shape, then by whisper of difference, for hours, at peace. Their calm is relied upon at the tablesiege and resented mildly in its final week. The trait is inherited, the family claims, from whichever ancestor finished the 2000-piece lighthouse.

Etym. — puzzle + patient — the serenity required by tiny cardboard.

Rel. — borderfirstdoctrine · tablesiege

Novelty check: APPROVE

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