Advertisement
solicitation (n.)
late 15c., "management," from French solicitation and directly from Latin solicitationem (nominative solicitatio) "vexation, disturbance, instigation," noun of action from past-participle stem of solicitare "to disturb, rouse, stimulate, provoke"
(see solicit). Meaning "action of soliciting" is from 1520s. Specific sexual sense is from c. 1600.
updated on December 07, 2020
Advertisement
Advertisement
Dictionary entries near solicitation
soleus
sol-fa
solfege
solicit
solicitate
solicitation
solicitor
solicitous
solicitude
solid
solidarity