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lo⋅gy

  [loh-gee]
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–adjective, -gi⋅er, -gi⋅est.
lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perh. < D log heavy, cumbersome + -y 1

Related forms:
lo⋅gi⋅ly, adverb
lo⋅gi⋅ness, noun

-logy

 
1. a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge: paleontology; theology.
2. a termination of nouns referring to writing, discourses, collections, etc.: trilogy; martyrology.
Origin:
ME -logie < L -logia < Gk. See -logue, -y 3
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lo·gy   (lō'gē)   
adj.   lo·gi·er, lo·gi·est
Characterized by lethargy; sluggish.

[Perhaps from Dutch log, heavy or variant of English loggy, heavy, sluggish, from log1.]
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Logy

Lo"gy\, a. [From D. log.] Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse. [U.S.]

Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. --C. H. Merriam.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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logy 
"dull and heavy," 1848, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Du. log "heavy, dull."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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