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solicitous
What does solicitous mean?
solicitous (adjective): full of anxiety and concern.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use solicitous in a sentence?
- Solicitous parents. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Solicitous about the future. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce solicitous?
/səˈlɪsətəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does solicitous come from?
From Latin sōlicitus, sollicitus (“thoroughly disturbed, anxious”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + cieō (“move, disturb”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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