different between disquietude vs solicitude

English

Etymology

From dis- +? quietude.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??skwa??.tju?d/, /d??skwa?.?.tju?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??skwa??.tud/, /d??skwa?.?.tjud/

Noun

disquietude (usually uncountable, plural disquietudes)

1. (uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
   • 1795, "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress, p. xiv:

     He was at length called forth, and set apart by fasting and prayer to the ministerial office, which he executed with faithfulness and success during a long course of years; though frequently with the greatest trepidation and inward disquietude.

2. (countable) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicit?d? (“anxiety”), from sollicitus, solicitus (“anxious, solicitous”). See solicitous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?s??t(j)u?d/
• Hyphenation: so?lic?i?tude

Noun

solicitude (usually uncountable, plural solicitudes)

1. The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
2. Special or pronounced concern or attention.
3. A cause of anxiety or concern.

Related terms

• solicit
• solicitation
• solicitor
• solicitous

Translations

Further reading

• solicitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• solicitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• solicitude at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

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