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ol⋅o⋅gy

  [ol-uh-jee]
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–noun, plural -gies. Informal or Facetious.
any science or branch of knowledge.
Origin:
1795–1805; extracted from words like biology, geology where the element -logy is preceded by -o-; see -o-
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ol·o·gy   (ŏl'ə-jē)   
n.   pl. ol·o·gies Informal
A branch of learning.

[From -ology.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Ology

Ol"o*gy\, n. [See -logy.] A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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