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unsoˈlicitous, a.
(un-1 7.)
(a)1668Clarendon Vind. Tracts (1727) 66 Which refusal, and many others, shew how unsollicitous I have always been in the way of getting. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 453, I could easily conceal this slip of memory,..but I choose to let it stand, agreeably with the character of the Searches, unsolicitous to hide their defects. 1778Sir J. Reynolds Disc. (1779) 21 That natural energy of men engaged in real action, unsolicitous of grace. 1817Bentham Parl. Reform Introd. 110, I have not been unsolicitous in my endeavours to collect it. 188419th Cent. Feb. 198 Yet St. Matthew is admitted..to be unsolicitous as to order of time. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 259 With the fortune that attends the unsolicitous.
(b)1758Johnson Idler No. 9 ⁋3 How many unsolicitous hours should I bask away, warmed in bed.., could I..tumble from thence in a moment.
Hence unsoˈlicitousness.
a1683Owen Gospel Grounds Wks. 1851 V. 449 An unsolicitousness about present affairs and future events. |