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Solicitude N Care Concern Esp Excessive Gretta Gabriel

Word solicitude
Definition n. Care or concern for someone or something (esp. excessive).
Sentence
— But as for Gretta there, said Gabriel, she'd walk home in the snow if she were let....
— ...O, but you'll never guess what he makes me wear now!

She broke out into a peal of laughter and glanced at her husband...The two aunts laughed heartily too, for Gabriel's solicitude was a standing joke with them.
Source Dubliners, "The Dead", p. 205

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