sequacious
adjective
se·qua·cious si-ˈkwā-shəs 
1
archaic : subservient, tractable
2
: intellectually servile
sequaciously adverb
sequacity
si-ˈkwa-sə-tē
noun 
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Sequacious is formed from the Latin sequac-, or sequax (which means "inclined to follow" and comes from sequi, "to follow") and the English -ious. The original and now archaic meaning of sequacious was "inclined to follow" or "subservient." Although that meaning might as easily describe someone who willingly dropped into line behind a war leader, or who was unusually compliant or obedient in any sense, the concept gradually narrowed into the image of someone who blindly adopts ideas without much thought. Labeling a person sequacious is not very complimentary, and implies a slavish willingness to adopt a thought or opinion.
Word History
Etymology
Latin sequac-, sequax inclined to follow, from sequi
First Known Use
1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- mechanical analysis
- mechanical aptitude
- mechanical art
- mechanical bank
- mechanical binding
- mechanical construction
- mechanical drawing
- mechanical engineer
- mechanical engineering
- mechanical mixture
- mechanical pencil
- mechanical property
- mechanical ratio
- mechanical refrigeration
- mechanical test
- mechanical tissue
- mechanical ventilation
- mechanical ventilator
- mechanical ventilators
- mechanicalise
- mechanicality
- mechanicalize
- mechanically
- mechanicalness
- mechanicalnesses