Solicitous Definition

sə-lĭsĭ-təs

adjective

Showing care, attention, or concern.

Solicitous for her welfare.

Webster's New World

Expressing care or concern for another.

Made solicitous inquiries about our family.

American Heritage

Showing great care; careful or meticulous.

Solicitous in the care of critically ill patients.

American Heritage

Full of anxiety or apprehension; troubled.

Webster's New World

Showing anxious desire; eager.

Solicitous to make friends.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Solicitous

Latin sollicitus sollus entire sol- in Indo-European roots citus past participle of ciēre to set in motion keiə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin sōlicitus, alternative spelling of sollicitus (“thoroughly disturbed; anxious"). See solicit.

From Wiktionary