sequacious

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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.