SOLICITUDE


Meaning of SOLICITUDE in English

/seuh lis"i toohd', -tyoohd'/ , n.

1. the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.

2. solicitudes , causes of anxiety or care.

3. an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to show great solicitude about his wife's health.

[ 1375-1425; late ME sollicitudo uneasiness of mind, deriv. of sollicitus agitated. See SOLICIT, -TUDE ]

Syn. 1. worry, care, unease, disquietude, apprehension.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .