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sequacity

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se⋅qua⋅cious

  [si-kwey-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. following with smooth or logical regularity.
2. Archaic. following, imitating, or serving another person, esp. unreasoningly.
Origin:
1630–40; < L sequāci- (s. of sequāx) following (akin to sequī to follow) + -ous

Related forms:
se⋅qua⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
se⋅quac⋅i⋅ty  [si-kwas-i-tee] , se⋅qua⋅cious⋅ness, noun
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se·qua·cious   (sĭ-kwā'shəs)   
adj.  

  1. Persisting in a continuous intellectual or stylistic direction: "I make these notes, but am tired of notes . . . I want something sequacious now & robust" (Virginia Woolf).

    1. Disposed to follow another or others, as a leader.

    2. Slavishly unthinking and uncritical.


[From Latin sequāx, sequāc-, pursuing, from sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]
se·qua'cious·ly adv., se·quac'i·ty (-kwās'ĭ-tē) n.
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