logy

¹

[loh-gee]

adjective

logier, logiest 

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

-logy

²

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.

-logy

¹

combining form

1. indicating the science or study of

   musicology

2. indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings

   trilogy

   phraseology

   martyrology

logy

²

/ ˈləʊɡɪ /

adjective

1. dull or listless

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -logy¹

from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word; see _logos

Origin of -logy²

C19: perhaps from Dutch log heavy

Example Sentences

Unlike Duras’s parents — her father died young, and she took her last name from his hometown — Françou’s are still together, if a little loopy and logy.

Read more on New York Times

The scenes with Lilith are particularly crucial in this respect, and also where the movie’s already logy pulse slows to a crawl.

Read more on New York Times

But seductive carbs have a sneaky way of making us feel bloated, logy and even older.

Read more on Washington Post

The finale, a harmonically twisty triple-time scherzo, felt a little logy, lateral energy dissipated by vertical emphasis, but the rest had a flowing warmth.

Read more on Washington Post

Still logy after the full Irish, many extras lay down and catnapped on the floor.

Read more on Los Angeles Times