A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg solicitous PRONUNCIATION: (suh-LIS-i-tuhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Full of concern. 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 Bassos New Shop; The New York Times; Dec 12, 2013. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)
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