solicitude
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solicitude
- /səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/
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From Middle English solicitude, from Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicitūdō (“anxiety”), from sollicitus, solicitus (“anxious, solicitous”). See solicitous.
noun solicitudes
- The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety. The familiarity of Sydney Smith’s manner does not consist merely in his style ; indeed, the terseness and brilliancy of his diction, though not at all artificial in appearance, could not have been attained without labor and solicitude ;—but it is the result of the blunt, fearless, severe, yet good-h
- Special or pronounced concern or attention. Also the triuialle of the vertues theologicalle and quadriuialle of the cardinalle vertues, to comprehende the knowlege of whom oure insufficience sufficethe not, withowte the sollicitude of writers scholde transfude to vs the memory of thynges of antiquite.
- A cause of anxiety or concern. M. Todgers looked a little worn by cares of gravy and other such solicitudes arising out of her establishment, but displayed her usual earnestness and warmth of manner.
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noun anxiety
| Español | solicitud |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 焦慮 /焦虑 jiāolǜ |
| Română | solicitudine |
| Русский | обеспоко́енность obespokójennostʹ |
| العربية | عِنَايَة ʕināya, رِعايَة riʕāya |
noun feeling of excessive concern
| Română | solicitudine |
|---|---|
| Русский | озабо́ченность ozabóčennostʹ, забо́та zabóta, забо́тливость zabótlivostʹ |
| العربية | عِنَايَة ʕināya, رِعايَة riʕāya |
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title = {solicitude},
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year = {2026},
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