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sequacious

[ si-kwey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. following with smooth or logical regularity.
  2. Archaic. following, imitating, or serving another person, especially unreasoningly.


sequacious

/ sɪˈkweɪʃəs; sɪˈkwæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. logically following in regular sequence
  2. ready to follow any leader; pliant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • sequacity, noun
  • seˈquaciously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • se·quacious·ly adverb
  • se·quac·i·ty [si-, kwas, -i-tee], se·quacious·ness noun
  • nonse·quacious adjective
  • nonse·quacious·ly adverb
  • nonse·quacious·ness noun
  • nonse·quaci·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sequacious1

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin sequāc- (stem of sequāx ) “following,” derivative of sequī “to follow” + -āc- (stem of adjective suffix -āx, denoting custom or ability) + -ious
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sequacious1

C17: from Latin sequāx pursuing, from sequī to follow
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Example Sentences

Listen, O World, with ears attent, and eyes "sequacious of the—Truth-teller!"

The human race is gregarious and sequacious, rather than individual and adventurous.

His details are always interesting, but he never succeeded in welding them into a sequacious and interrelated whole.

I do not propose to examine these two attendant or sequacious bills, which dangle at the tail of the other three.

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