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Definition of Sequacious
1. a. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.
Definition of Sequacious
1. Adjective. Tending in a continuous intellectual direction; not rambling or discursive. ¹
2. Adjective. Following along, especially in a submissive or unthinking way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sequacious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequacious
Literary usage of Sequacious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... And trees unrooted left their place, sequacious of the lyre; 5o giv'n, An
angel heard, and straight appear'd, Mistaking earth for heav'n. ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious,
and obedient to the hand and stroke of the artificer, and apt to be drawn ..."
3. American Literature: And Other Papers by Edwin Percy Whipple (1887)
"... Saint Cecilia's Day we find the following lines: — " Orpheus could lead the
savage race, And trees uprooted left their place, sequacious of the lyre. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"sequacious, (se-kwa'-ahe-o*)«. Following ; attendant ; ductile ; pliant. ...
nes) ni State of being sequacious. ..."
5. A Group of English Essayists of the Early Nineteenth Century by Caleb Thomas Winchester (1910)
"But Hazlitt's writing, whether "sequacious" or not, is never without both order
and movement. De Quincey had taken as his model the long-breathed, ..."
6. A Group of English Essayists of the Early Nineteenth Century by Caleb Thomas Winchester (1910)
"De Quincey, always unfair to Hazlitt, complained that he was never eloquent
because his thoughts were "abrupt, discontinuous, non-sequacious. ..."
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