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单词 sequacity
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sequacityn.

/sɪˈkwasɪti/
Etymology: < late Latin sequācitās, < sequāc- (see sequacious adj.) + -ity suffix.
1. Ductility, pliability (of matter). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > ductility
sequacity1626
ductilenessa1631
ductility1654
sequaciousnessa1676
tractility1713
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §900 All Sperme, all Menstruous Substance,..haue euermore a Closenesse, Lentour and Sequacity.
2. Disposition or readiness to follow; lack of independence in action, judgement, thought, etc.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > lack of independence in thought or action
servility1607
sequaciousness1653
sequacity1654
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 207 But this Liberty of Judgement..seemes allmost lost, either in Lazy, or blinde Sequacity of other mens Votes.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxii. 125 At best a tame and dumb sequacity to leaders whom they neither chose nor controled.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 262 Another example of the passive sequacity of the logicians. They follow obediently in the footsteps of their great master.
1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps xxix Against each good old-fashioned smoothness, and fine-fed sequacity, a rapid stir was now arising.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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