solicitous

Meanings

1. Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.
2. Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways; thus:
3. In a conscientious way, often with kindness.
4. In an eager way.
5. In an anxious or distressed way.

Etymology

From Latin sōlicitus, sollicitus (“thoroughly disturbed, anxious”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + cieō (“move, disturb”). By surface analysis, solicit + -ous.