Word of the Day
April 14, 2026
Solicitous
Anxious or concerned about something; showing careful consideration for another’s welfare, comfort, or wishes. Also: anxiously desirous; eager; or scrupulous and particular in attention to detail.
From Latin sollicitus, meaning 'agitated, anxious, disturbed', formed from sollus ('whole, entire') plus citus ('aroused, moved'), past participle of ciere ('to stir, rouse'). The word entered English in the early sixteenth century retaining its original sense of watchful care that shades into worry.
Usage Examples
- Kim Monson was solicitous about her listeners' grasp of the Chiles v. Salazar ruling, walking the audience step by step through Justice Gorsuch's viewpoint-discrimination reasoning.
- Rob Natelson is solicitous of constitutional precision, refusing to accept the 'word salad' style of political argument that obscures what the First Amendment actually protects.
- The volunteers who gathered signatures for Protect Kids Colorado were solicitous of every conversation on the doorstep, knowing that a single persuadable signer could change a neighborhood's vote.
From the Show
Solicitous anchors the April 14, 2026 broadcast, where Kim Monson notes that modern American culture has raised what she calls a solicitous generation — anxious about climate, uncertain about first principles, and hungry for meaning. The episode’s two core conversations, Rob Natelson on Chiles v. Salazar and Kevin Lundberg on Protect Kids Colorado, both turn on a more disciplined form of solicitousness: careful, watchful attention to the rules and institutions that protect children and free speech when no one else is paying attention.
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