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logy

[loh-gee] Origin

lo·gy

[loh-gee]
adjective, -gi·er, -gi·est.
lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perhaps < Dutch log heavy, cumbersome + -y1

lo·gi·ly, adverb
lo·gi·ness, noun

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-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:
Middle English -logie < Latin -logia < Greek. See -logue, -y3
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logy (ˈləʊɡɪ)
 
adj , logier, logiest
chiefly (US) dull or listless
 
[C19: perhaps from Dutch log heavy]
 
'loginess
 
n

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Word Origin & History

logy
"dull and heavy," 1848, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Du. log "heavy, dull."
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-logy
"a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science," from Gk. -logia (often via Fr. -logie or M.L. -logia), from root of legein "to speak;" thus, "the character or department of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);" see lecture.
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Medical Dictionary

-logy suff.
Science; theory; study: dermatology.

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