Algy

¹ American  

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /

noun

1. a first name, form of Algernon.

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-algy ² American  

1. variant of -algia.

   coxalgy.

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Usage

What does -algy mean? The combining form -algy is used like a suffix meaning “pain.” It is used in a few, mostly historical forms of medical terms, especially in pathology.The form -algy comes from the Greek álgos, meaning “pain.” Similar in meaning and use to algo- are odyno- and -odynia, which derive from odýnē, also meaning “pain.”The form -algy is a rare variant of the much more common -algia, as in sacralgia. A corresponding form of -algy combined to the beginning of words is algo-, as in algophobia. Learn more about these forms in our Words That Use articles for each.

Example Sentences

The London sleuth and his sidekick, Algy, catch crooks for a Scotland Yard inspector.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2021

To many, though, he will be best remembered for his brief appearance as Q - here nicknamed Algy - in 1983's Never Say Never Again.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2017

And when Algy took her to a Harlem dance hall, you could see him falling in love with her all over again.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2015

Algy Banister is the diffident and spiritually troubled second son of a wealthy country gentleman whose heir dies unexpectedly of a burst appendix.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2010

III Algy Keen, his face swollen with crying, his black hair limp and uncurled, sat on the edge of the bed in the back room of a dingy Mercer lodging-house.

From Dr. Lavendar's People by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell