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.
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re, to set in motion; see kei-2 in Appendix I.
