What is "sequacious"

Sequacious \Se*qua"cious\, a. [L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See Sue to follow. ]

1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.

   Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre.
   --Dryden.

2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.

   In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious.
   --Ray.

3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.

   The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day.
   --Sir W. Hamilton.

   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.
   --De Quincey.

"given to following leaders," 1630s, from Latin sequac-, stem of sequax "that follows, following, seeking after," from sequi "to follow" (see sequel) + -ous. Related: Sequaciously; sequaciousness; sequacity (1620s).\n\n

a. 1 Tending in a continuous intellectual direction; not rambling or discursive. 2 Following along; attendant. 3 ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable