Pronounced: kuh-NAIL (alt: kuh-NAH-yuh), noun
Notes: I didn’t know this word, but I think I’ve seen some related word in some reading
Yesterday’s word
The word sequacious means “intellectually servile”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word is rather insulting; it is akin to saying that someone “does not think for himself”. Our word came from the Latin word sequac- or sequax (inclined to follow). Originally, sequacious meant “inclined to follow; subservient”, but this meaning is archaic. Over time, the meaning of our word narrowed to the idea of someone who blindly adopts ideas without much thought.
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