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solicitudinous

solicitudinous adjective: expressing solicitude.

Adjective

solicitudinous (comparative more solicitudinous, superlative most solicitudinous)

  1. Expressing solicitude.

Forms of solicitudinous

comparativemore solicitudinous
superlativemost solicitudinous

Origin of solicitudinous

From Latin sol(l)icitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin sollicitūdō, from sollicitus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, solicitude + -ous.

Questions about solicitudinous

What does solicitudinous mean?
Solicitudinous means expressing solicitude.
What part of speech is solicitudinous?
Solicitudinous is an adjective.

Words near solicitudinous in the dictionary

  1. solicitrix
  2. solicitrixes
  3. solicits
  4. solicitude
  5. solicitudes
  6. solicitudinous
  7. solid
  8. solid angle
  9. solid angles
  10. solid as a rock
  11. solid as Fort Knox

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