What does solicitous mean?

solicitous means "full of anxiety and concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in solicitous?

solicitous has 4 syllables: so-lic-i-tous. The stress falls on "lic". In IPA it is /səˈlɪsətəs/.

Is solicitous a common word?

solicitous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with solicitous?

1 word rhymes with solicitous. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

solicitous — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
full of anxiety and concern
“solicitous parents”
“solicitous about the future”
Similarconcerned
2.
showing hovering attentiveness
“solicitous about her health”
“made solicitous inquiries about our family”
Similarattentive

Questions about solicitous

What does solicitous mean?: solicitous means "full of anxiety and concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in solicitous?: solicitous has 4 syllables: so-lic-i-tous. The stress falls on "lic". In IPA it is /səˈlɪsətəs/.

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