sequacious

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sequacious

/sɪˈkweɪʃəs/

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Derived from Latin sequāx (“a follower”), from sequī (“to follow”), + -acious (adjective-forming suffix).

adjective more sequacious · most sequacious

obsolete, of objects Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded. Of all Fire there is none so ductile, so sequacious and obsequious as this of Wrath.
Similar: ductile, pliant, malleable, tractable
of people Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led. See how sequacious these poor creatures are to God their Centurion.
Similar: subservient, servile, following, attendant, credulous, unoriginal, tractable, obedient
of music notes or poetic feet Following neatly or smoothly. And now, its strings Boldlier swept, the long sequacious notes Over delicious surges sink and rise.
Similar: flowing
of thought Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction. 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.

Opposite: rambling, discursive, extensive

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Opposite: rambling, discursive, extensive

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@misc{sequacious_2026,
  title = {sequacious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sequacious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}