SEQUACIOUS

Etymology

Adjective

sequacious (comparative more sequacious, superlative most sequacious)

(Of objects, obsolete) Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.

(Of people) Likely to follow or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.

(Of musical notes or poetic feet) Following neatly or smoothly.

(Of thought) Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction.

Usage notes

In the sense of "often following", sequacious originally described the leader or leaders using the prepositions to and of but this format is now considered obsolete.

Synonyms

• (easily shaped): ductile, pliant, malleable, tractable

• (easily led): subservient, servile, following, attendant, credulous, unoriginal, tractable, obedient

• (following smoothly): flowing

Antonyms

• (following logically): rambling, discursive, extensive

Source: Wiktionary


Se*qua"cious, a. Etym: [L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See Sue to follow. ]

1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant. Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre. Dryden.

2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable. In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious. Ray.

3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought. The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day. Sir W. Hamilton. Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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