solicitous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled sollicitous

US /səˈlɪsətəs/ UK /səˈlɪsɪtəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being

The nurse was solicitous of her elderly patient's comfort.

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Synonyms

1 adj · showing attentive care or... attentive caring concerned anxious considerate mindful eager careful

Opposites

indifferent unconcerned negligent heedless

Word family

Forms solicitously

Derived forms solicitouslysolicitousness

Related forms solicitude solicit

Etymology

From Latin sollicitus ('agitated, anxious, attentive') + -ous, from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move, stir').

sollicitus Latin ciēre Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# solicitous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /səˈlɪsətəs/
**IPA (UK):** /səˈlɪsɪtəs/

## Meanings
1. showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being

## Examples
- The nurse was solicitous of her elderly patient's comfort.

## Synonyms
- attentive
- caring
- concerned
- anxious
- considerate
- mindful
- eager
- careful

## Antonyms
- indifferent
- unconcerned
- negligent
- heedless

## Derived Forms
- solicitously
- solicitousness

## Related Forms
- solicitude
- solicit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sollicitus
- Root: ciēre

## Etymology
From Latin sollicitus ('agitated, anxious, attentive') + -ous, from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move, stir').

## AI Etymology
Solicitous is from Latin sollicitus ('agitated, anxious, attentive') + -ous, from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move, stir'). Important recorded forms include sollicitus (Latin) and ciēre (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being. The wider family includes derived forms such as solicitously and solicitousness and related words such as solicitude and solicit.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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