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

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

Indeed 221 and she did, and could do it over again in the same breeze to half their logy old battleships.

From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)