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- [suh-lis-i-tuh s]
- /səˈlɪs ɪ təs/
- /səˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh-lis-i-tuh s]
- /səˈlɪs ɪ təs/
Definitions of solicitous word
- adjective solicitous anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health. 1
- adjective solicitous anxiously desirous: solicitous of the esteem of others. 1
- adjective solicitous eager (usually followed by an infinitive): He was always solicitous to please. 1
- adjective solicitous careful or particular: a solicitous housekeeper. 1
- adjective solicitous attentive 1
- adjective solicitous A person who is solicitous shows anxious concern for someone or something. 0
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Origin of solicitous
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65, solicitous is from the Latin word sollicitus anxious. See solicit, -ous
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Parts of speech for Solicitous
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
solicitous popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for solicitous
adj solicitous
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- appetent — having an eager longing or desire
- attentive — If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
adjective solicitous
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- observative — Observant; watchful.
- rabbity — any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- warmblooded — Alternative spelling of warm-blooded.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
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