oversolicitousadj.
/ˌəʊvəsəˈlɪsᵻtəs/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərsəˈlɪsᵻdəs/ Excessively or unduly solicitous; acting with excessive care or concern.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > excessively anxious
over carkfulc1449
over-thoughtfulc1449
over-anxiousa1643
oversolicitous1653
over-carking1655
overcaring1766
1653 J. Lilburne Malice Detected 5 I am not over-sollicitous for the matter, if at least my death may be of greater advantage to the undeceiving of the People.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 28 Feb. (1972) VI. 47 My being over-solicitous and jealous and froward, and ready to reproach her, doth make her worse.
a1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks (1714) II. i. 58 The over-sollicitous regard to private Good.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xxii. 208 Mr. Grandison could not be over-solicitous to keep up a friendship with a young man who was under the dominion of his dissolute companions.
1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxxv. 193 The flurried manner and the over-solicitous desire of the landlord to please, did not escape me.
1877 Harper's Mag. June 129/1 ‘Garth is married to his painting.’ Then what need for Elinor to be oversolicitous about her destiny?
1904 Amer. Hist. Rev. 10 77 Nor did the Texans appear to be over-solicitous about the conditions on which annexation was to be secured.
2002 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. 21 As experts on family relationships will tell you, an over-solicitous mother undermines her offspring's independence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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