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logy

[loh-gee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

logier, logiest

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

-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.

-logy

combining form

indicating the science or study of
musicology
indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings
trilogy
phraseology
martyrology

logy

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adjective

dull or listless

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

logily adverb
loginess noun
-logist combining form
-logical combining form
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51�Թ� History and Origins

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of logy¹

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

Origin of logy²

C19: perhaps from Dutch log heavy

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Unlike Duras’s parents — her father died young, and she took her last name from his hometown — Françou’s are still together, if a little loopy and logy.

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The scenes with Lilith are particularly crucial in this respect, and also where the movie’s already logy pulse slows to a crawl.

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But seductive carbs have a sneaky way of making us feel bloated, logy and even older.

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The finale, a harmonically twisty triple-time scherzo, felt a little logy, lateral energy dissipated by vertical emphasis, but the rest had a flowing warmth.

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Still logy after the full Irish, many extras lay down and catnapped on the floor.

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