-logue
-logue
a combining form used in the names of kinds of discourse, spoken or written: analogue; monologue; travelogue.
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| -logue or (US) -log | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating speech or discourse of a particular kind: travelogue; monologue | |
| [from French, from Greek -logos] | |
| -log or (US) -log | |
| —n combining form | |
| [from French, from Greek -logos] | |
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-logue
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
-logue
suffix meaning "one who is immersed in or driven by," mostly from Fr.-derived words, from Gk. -logos, -logon, but now mostly superseded by -loger, -logist except in ideologue and a few others.
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