logy

¹ American  

[loh-gee] / ˈloʊ gi /

adjective

logier, logiest

1. lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.

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-logy ² American  

1. a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge.

   paleontology; theology.

2. a termination of nouns referring to writing, discourses, collections, etc..

   trilogy; martyrology.

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-logy ¹ British  

combining form

1. indicating the science or study of

   musicology

2. indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings

   trilogy

   phraseology

   martyrology

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logy ² British  

/ ˈləʊɡɪ /

adjective

1. dull or listless

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Other Word Forms

• -logical combining form
• -logist combining form
• logily adverb
• loginess noun

Etymology

Origin of logy¹

1840–50, perhaps < Dutch log heavy, cumbersome + -y ¹

Origin of -logy²

Middle English -logie < Latin -logia < Greek. See -logue, -y ³

Explanation

If you're logy, you're slow and listless, not reacting quickly. Most coffee drinkers start the day off in a logy state, before they've had their first cup. Hot, humid weather makes some people logy, and so does missing an hour or two of sleep. When your dog wakes from the anesthesia after having his teeth cleaned at the vet, he might be logy and groggy for a while before he can walk in a straight line. The adjective logy, coined in the U.S. and primarily used in North America, is fairly uncommon today. The root may be the Dutch log, "heavy or dull."

Example Sentences

But it’s blunted by Herzog’s clipped, Bavarian-tinged narration that’s by turns logy, deadpan and florid.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2020

By the end of the novel, all the cops are logy from eating so many pot pies.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2018

It’s easy to see how such effects could make it difficult to replicate experiments, a concern that has roiled fields from psycho logy to cancer.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2016

In the early episodes, the pacing was logy and the action muddy, with several subplots that itched to be trimmed or recast.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

Well fed, and without exercise, Blue Smoke had become more or less logy, and he looked decidedly disinterested in life as Pete cautiously pulled up the front cinch.

From The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Brinkerhoff, R. M.