Definitions for solicitous

solicitous so·lic·i·tous

Spelling: [suh-lis-i-tuh s]
IPA: /səˈlɪs ɪ təs/

Solicitous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 293 anagrams from letters in solicitous (ciiloosstu).

Definitions for solicitous

adjective

  1. anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause):
  2. anxiously desirous:
  3. eager (usually followed by an infinitive):
  4. careful or particular:

Origin of solicitous

First recorded in 1555-65, solicitous is from the Latin word sollicitus anxious. See solicit, -ous

Examples for solicitous

What business was it of his, anyway, and why was he so solicitous as to where he went?

But now the voice broke in again, apologetic, solicitous, self-seeking.

You are solicitous of the good-will of the meanest person, uneasy at his ill-will.

The Arab, while apparently as solicitous as ever, was changed.

In a world increasingly bending toward snark, Updike managed to remain curious, solicitous, a gentleman.

Smith was coming on the deck under the solicitous escort of a surgeon.

Again, we only ask for things about which we are solicitous.

Your reputation could not suffer: that it was beneath you to be solicitous about.

Not the least solicitous of these were “the Little Twin Brethren.”

I was not solicitous to vindicate him when I was not joined in their reflection.

Word Value for solicitous
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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