Definition of oversolicitous in English:
oversolicitous
adjective əʊvəsəˈlɪsɪtəsˌōvərsəˈlisədəs
Showing excessive concern for another person's welfare or interests.
Example sentencesExamples
- What was once the butcher's is now one of those peculiar petite clothes shops, the sort where there will never be another customer to keep the shopkeeper's oversolicitous eye off your browsing.
- You're being oversolicitous and overprotective.
Derivatives
noun
The last of such faults is oversolicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.
Example sentencesExamples
- Stuttering may sometimes be caused by oversolicitude of anxious parents who apply the label ‘stuttering’ to the normal repetition of words and sounds in ordinary baby talk.