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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anxious/ˈaŋkʃəs/
▶adjective
  • 1 experiencing worry, nervousness, or unease.
  • 2 very eager and concerned to do something or for something to happen.
– derivatives
anxiously adverb,
anxiousness noun.
– origin C17: from L. anxius (from angere ‘to choke’) + -ous.



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