solicitousnessn.
The state or quality of being solicitous; care, concern; anxiety, solicitude.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun]
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tenta1300
curec1300
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diligence1340
heed1357
tentivenessa1382
observancec1390
businessa1398
reasona1398
attendancec1400
resporta1413
curiosityc1430
mindingc1449
reckc1475
respect1509
regardshipa1513
looking unto1525
peradvertencea1529
looking toa1535
solicitudea1535
looking after?1537
solicitudeness1547
care1548
solicitnessc1550
caring1556
heedfulness1561
solicitateness1562
hofulness1566
regard1573
charishness1587
on-waiting1590
heediness1596
take-heed1596
respectiveness1598
observationa1616
solicitousness1636
heeding1678
curiousness1690
solicitation1693
attention1741
craftsmanship1850
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [noun]
mourningeOE
businessOE
busyOE
carefulnessa1000
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howc1000
embeþonkc1200
thought?c1250
cark1330
curea1340
exercisec1386
solicitude?a1412
pensienessc1450
anxietya1475
fear1490
thought-taking1508
pensement1516
carp1548
caring1556
hoe1567
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anxiousness1636
solicitousness1636
concern1692
solicitation1693
anxietude1709
twitchiness1834
uptightness1969
1636 Divine Tragedie lately Acted 41 Free your selves on that day..from worldly cares and sollicitousnesse.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 123 To behold them with such passion and solicitousness endeavouring the good of Christianity.
a1700 A. Shields Life J. Renwick (1724) 125 He run very fast..in great Solicitousness, of coming short of his Task.
1709 J. Clarke tr. Grotius Truth Christian Relig. (1818) ii. xiv. 122 Solicitousness in procuring and preserving riches.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xvi. 198 This spoliated effort of his new-born solicitousness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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