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Webster 1913 Edition

Anxiety

Anx-i′e-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Anxieties
.
[L.
anxietas
, fr.
anxius
: cf. F.
anxiété
. See
Anxious
.]
1.
Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
2.
Eager desire.
J. D. Forbes
3.
(Med.)
A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
Dunglison.
Syn. – Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; restlessness. See
Care
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anxiety

ANXI'ETY

,
Noun.
angzi'ety. [L. anxietas, from anxius, solicitous; L. ango. See Anger.]
1.
concern or solicitude respecting some event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasinerr. it expresses more than uneasiness or disturbance, and even more than trouble or solicitude. it usually springs from fear or serious apprehension of evil, and involves a suspense respecting an event, and often, a perplexity of mind, to know how to shape our conduct.
2.
In medical language, uneasiness; unceasing restlessness in sickness.

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