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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
solicitous
 
SYLLABICATION:so·lic·i·tous
PRONUNCIATION:  s-ls-ts
ADJECTIVE:1a. Anxious or concerned: a solicitous parent. b. Expressing care or concern: made solicitous inquiries about our family. See synonyms at thoughtful. 2. Full of desire; eager. 3. Marked by or given to anxious care and often hovering attentiveness. 4. Extremely careful; meticulous: solicitous in matters of behavior.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin sollicitus : sollus, entire; see sol- in Appendix I + citus, past participle of cire, to set in motion; see kei-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:so·lici·tous·ly —ADVERB
so·lici·tous·ness —NOUN
 
 
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