sequacious : M-W's Word of the Day

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The Word of the Day for December 20 is:

sequacious \sih-KWAY-shus\ adjective
: intellectually servile

Example sentence:
Ronald was disappointed that his students presented only sequacious arguments in their term papers and that few offered any original ideas.

Did you know?
"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, tractable." 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 another's ideas without much thought. Labeling a person "sequacious" is not very complimentary, and implies a slavish willingness to adopt a thought or opinion. It is also possible to accuse someone of "sequacity," but that would be equally unkind.

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