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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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Word Origin & History

logy 
"dull and heavy," 1848, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Du. log "heavy, dull."

-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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