solicitude

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /səˈlɪsɪtud/ UK /səˈlɪsɪtjuːd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
care, concern, or anxious attentiveness toward someone

She inquired about his health with genuine solicitude.

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Synonyms

1 noun · care, concern, or anxious... concern care attentiveness anxiety worry regard consideration

Opposites

indifference unconcern neglect

Word family

Related forms solicitous solicit

Etymology

From Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicitūdō ('anxiety, care, uneasiness'), from sollicitus ('agitated, anxious'), from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move').

sollicitūdō Latin sollicitus Latin

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People & Society

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# solicitude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səˈlɪsɪtud/
**IPA (UK):** /səˈlɪsɪtjuːd/

## Meanings
1. care, concern, or anxious attentiveness toward someone

## Examples
- She inquired about his health with genuine solicitude.

## Synonyms
- concern
- care
- attentiveness
- anxiety
- worry
- regard
- consideration

## Antonyms
- indifference
- unconcern
- neglect

## Related Forms
- solicitous
- solicit

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

## Etymology
From Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicitūdō ('anxiety, care, uneasiness'), from sollicitus ('agitated, anxious'), from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move').

## AI Etymology
Solicitude comes from Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicitūdō ('anxiety, care, uneasiness'), from sollicitus ('agitated, anxious'), from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move'). The historical chain includes Latin sollicitūdō and Latin sollicitus. Older glosses in the chain include "anxiety, care, uneasiness", "agitated, anxious", "whole", and "to move", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, solicitude is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "care, concern, or anxious attentiveness toward someone". related forms include solicitous and solicit. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- People & Society

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