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English
Etymology
From over- + solicitous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
oversolicitous (comparative more oversolicitous, superlative most oversolicitous)
- Excessively solicitous.
1693, Seneca the Younger, chapter XVI, in Roger L'Estrange, transl., Morals, translation of original in Classical Latin, page 88:He that is overſolicitous to return a Benefit, thinks the other ſo likewiſe to receive it.
1917, Maximilian P. E. Groszmann, “Malady of Scrupulosity”, in The Exceptional Child, page 673:The son of a United States senator (Case 91) was 30 years of age when seen. His condition had been very serious for a long time. He was cured in less than two years by a gradual education which freed him from extreme dependence upon oversolicitous parents.
1974 February 8, John Canaday, “An Armenian Restaurant With a Nonstrolling Musician”, in The New York Times, page 37:Our waiter could have been performing as the model for what a waiter should be. Several of his tables were filled and he was busy, but kept his eye on us (never hovering, never oversolicitous) and took care of things with a degree of style that I suspect was inborn rather than cultivated.