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logy
1[ loh-gee ]
adjective
- lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
-logy
2- 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.
logy
1/ ˈləʊɡɪ /
adjective
- dull or listless
-logy
2combining form
- indicating the science or study of
musicology
- indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings
phraseology
martyrology
trilogy
Derived Forms
- ˈloginess, noun
- -logist, combining_form:in_noun:countable
- -logical, combining_form:in_adjective
Other Words From
- logi·ly adverb
- logi·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of logy1
Origin of logy2
Example Sentences
The child begins to cry and then soon goes off into a deep sleep, while the body seems more heavy and logy than usual.
The cattle were lazy and logy from water, often admitting of riding within a rod, thus rendering the brands readable at a glance.
By her side a logy youth, with small, blue fish-eyes fixed adoringly on her, sauntered protectingly.
Her petulant sister and the logy Luella never dreamed that Aunt Crete desired such un-auntly indulgences.
The canvas is rather a logy, limp sort of craft, to my thinking, and liable to drown her crew if swamped.
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