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logy

[loh-gee]
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adjective, lo·gi·er, lo·gi·est.
  1. lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
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Origin of logy

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps < Dutch log heavy, cumbersome + -y1
Related formslo·gi·ly, adverblo·gi·ness, noun

-logy

  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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Origin of -logy

Middle English -logie < Latin -logia < Greek. See -logue, -y3
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Examples from the Web for logy

Historical Examples

  • Besides all this, the water was warm; the trout were logy and would not rise.

    Wood Folk at School

    William J. Long

  • She is light gaited, not long and logy in her movements, and carries her own head.

    Patroclus and Penelope

    Theodore Ayrault Dodge

  • Tony thinks that Americans eat too much that is sweet; it makes them logy and sleepy.

    Steel

    Charles Rumford Walker

  • The 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 Adams

  • She was logy, at times, and hated to start; but once you got her going you had a proper job to stop her.

    Their Son; The Necklace

    Eduardo Zamacois

British Dictionary definitions for logy

logy

adjective logier or logiest
  1. mainly US dull or listless
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Derived Formsloginess, noun

Word Origin

C19: perhaps from Dutch log heavy

-logy

n combining form
  1. indicating the science or study ofmusicology
  2. indicating writing, discourse, or body of writingstrilogy; phraseology; martyrology
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Derived Forms-logical or -logic, adj combining form-logist, n combining form

Word Origin

from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word; see logos
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Word Origin and History for logy

adj.

"dull and heavy," 1848, American English, perhaps from Dutch log "heavy, dull" + -y (2); cf. Middle Low German luggich "sleepy, sluggish." Or perhaps a variant of loggy.

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-logy

word-forming element meaning "a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science," from Greek -logia (often via French -logie or Medieval Latin -logia), from root of legein "to speak;" thus, "the character or deportment of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);" see lecture (n.).

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logy in Medicine

-logy

suff.
  1. Science; theory; study:dermatology.
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