oversolicitous
English
Etymology
over- + solicitous
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: over‧so‧lic‧i‧tous
Adjective
oversolicitous (comparative more oversolicitous, superlative most oversolicitous)
- Excessively solicitous.
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- 1917, Maximilian P. E. Groszmann, “Malady of Scrupulosity”, in The Exceptional Child, page 673:
- The son of a United States senator (Case 91) was 30 years of age when seen. His condition had been very serious for a long time. He was cured in less than two years by a gradual education which freed him from extreme dependence upon oversolicitous parents.
- 1974 February 8, John Canaday, “An Armenian Restaurant With a Nonstrolling Musician”, in The New York Times[1], page 37:
- Our waiter could have been performing as the model for what a waiter should be. Several of his tables were filled and he was busy, but kept his eye on us (never hovering, never oversolicitous) and took care of things with a degree of style that I suspect was inborn rather than cultivated.