SOLICITOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (suh-LIS-i-tuhs)
MEANING: (adjective):
1. Full of concern.
2. Eager.
3. Meticulous.
2. Eager.
3. Meticulous.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin sollus (whole). Ultimately from the Indo-European root
sol- (whole), which brought us solid, salute, save, salvo, soldier,
catholicity,
salutary, and
salubrious. Earliest
documented use: 1563.
USAGE:
"The staff is solicitous of its core customer; efficient with others."Alexandra Jacobs; Dennis Basso's New Shop; The New York Times; Dec 12, 2013. wordsmith.org
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