logy

[ loh-gee ]

/ ˈloʊ gi /

adjective, lo·gi·er, lo·gi·est.

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

Nearby words

Origin of logy

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps < Dutch log heavy, cumbersome + -y¹

Related formslo·gi·ly, adverblo·gi·ness, noun

-logy

a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge: paleontology; theology.

a termination of nouns referring to writing, discourses, collections, etc.: trilogy; martyrology.

Origin of -logy

Middle English -logie < Latin -logia < Greek. See -logue, -y³

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Examples from the Web for logy

The canvas is rather a logy, limp sort of craft, to my thinking, and liable to drown her crew if swamped.
Woodcraft and Camping|George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
Indeed 221 and she did, and could do it over again in the same breeze to half their logy old battleships.
The Seiners|James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
Its chilly depths were spring-fed, and sheltered trout that were far from logy.
Injun and Whitey to the Rescue|William S. Hart
Each might be expressed by a word ending in "logy," therefore logic might be termed the "science of sciences."
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies

These scows weigh tons, you know, and get logy in the bargain from being so long in the water.
The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna|Herbert Carter

British Dictionary definitions for logy

logy

/ (ˈləʊɡɪ) /

adjective logier or logiest

mainly US dull or listless

Derived Formsloginess, noun

Word Origin for logy

C19: perhaps from Dutch log heavy

-logy

n combining form

indicating the science or study ofmusicology

indicating writing, discourse, or body of writingstrilogy; phraseology; martyrology

Derived Forms-logical or -logic, adj combining form-logist, n combining form

Word Origin for -logy

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

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Word Origin and History for logy

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.

-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.).

Medicine definitions for logy

-logy

suff.

Science; theory; study:dermatology.