logy
lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
Origin of logy
1Other words from logy
- lo·gi·ly, adverb
- lo·gi·ness, noun
Other definitions for -logy (2 of 2)
a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge: paleontology; theology.
a termination of nouns referring to writing, discourses, collections, etc.: trilogy; martyrology.
Origin of -logy
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How to use logy in a sentence
The child begins to cry and then soon goes off into a deep sleep, while the body seems more heavy and logy than usual.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerThe cattle were lazy and logy from water, often admitting of riding within a rod, thus rendering the brands readable at a glance.
Wells Brothers | Andy AdamsBy her side a logy youth, with small, blue fish-eyes fixed adoringly on her, sauntered protectingly.
The Witness | Grace Livingston Hill LutzHer petulant sister and the logy Luella never dreamed that Aunt Crete desired such un-auntly indulgences.
Aunt Crete's Emancipation | Grace Livingston HillThe canvas is rather a logy, limp sort of craft, to my thinking, and liable to drown her crew if swamped.
Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
British Dictionary definitions for logy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈləʊɡɪ) /
mainly US dull or listless
Origin of logy
1Derived forms of logy
- loginess, noun
British Dictionary definitions for -logy (2 of 2)
indicating the science or study of: musicology
indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings: trilogy; phraseology; martyrology
Origin of -logy
2Derived forms of -logy
- -logical or -logic, adj combining form
- -logist, n combining form
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