solicitude
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French, from Latin sollicitudo (“anxiety”), from sollicitus, solicitus (“anxious, solicitous”); see solicitous.
[edit] Noun
solicitude (usually uncountable; plural solicitudes)
- The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
- A feeling of excessive concern.
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[edit] Translations
anxiety
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feeling of excessive concern
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[edit] External links
- solicitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- solicitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- solicitude at OneLook Dictionary Search
