Algy

¹

[al-jee]

noun

1. a first name, form of Algernon.

-algy

²

1. variant of -algia.

   coxalgy.

Example Sentences

Algy's Priceless Piffle, featuring Victor Smythe, was a pioneer of radio satire and again, came from Manchester.

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The London sleuth and his sidekick, Algy, catch crooks for a Scotland Yard inspector.

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Nineteen were from the Tampa area, the paper said: Among them were the Sumner brothers, Homer, 19, and Wamboldt, 24; the Mansfield brothers, Percy, 19, and Fred, 23; and their pals, brothers Algy Bevins, 23, and Arthur Bevins, 25.

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The book contains 17 short stories featuring Biggles and his loyal sidekicks Algy, Ginger and Smyth.

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To many, though, he will be best remembered for his brief appearance as Q - here nicknamed Algy - in 1983's Never Say Never Again.

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When To Use

What does -algy mean?

The combining form -algy is used like a suffix meaning “pain.” It is used in a few, mostly historical forms of medical terms, especially in pathology.The form -algy comes from the Greek álgos, meaning “pain.” Similar in meaning and use to algo- are odyno- and -odynia, which derive from odýnē, also meaning “pain.”The form -algy is a rare variant of the much more common -algia, as in sacralgia. A corresponding form of -algy combined to the beginning of words is algo-, as in algophobia. Learn more about these forms in our Words That Use articles for each.