solicitude
noun/səˈlɪsɪtjuːd/
/səˈlɪsɪtuːd/
[uncountable] (formal)- solicitude (for somebody/something) anxious care for somebody’s comfort, health or happiness
- I was touched by his solicitude for the boy.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicitudo, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ + citus (past participle of ciere ‘set in motion’).
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