sequacity

English

Etymology

From Latin sequācitās (whence -acity), from sequāx +‎ -tās.

Noun

sequacity (uncountable)

1. Quality or state of being sequacious.

   Synonym: sequaciousness

   • a. 1627, Francis Bacon, Thoughts on the Nature of Things:

     a highly coloured substance , which has not the sequacity of saffron to spread in liquids and incorporate itself with them

References

• “sequacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.