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noun combining form
Etymology: French -logie, from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word
1. oral or written expression <phraseology> 2. doctrine ; theory ; science <ethnology>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Logy — Lo gy, a. [From D. log.] Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse; feeling logy. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. C. H. Merriam. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-logy — lo*gysuff. [Gr. ?, fr. lo gos word, discourse, fr. le gein to speak. See {Logic}.] A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-logy — suffix meaning 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 deportment of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject); see … Etymology dictionary
logy — (adj.) dull and heavy, 1848, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Du. log heavy, dull + Y (Cf. y) (2); Cf. M.L.G. luggich sleepy, sluggish. Or perhaps a variant of LOGGY (Cf. loggy) … Etymology dictionary
-logy — ► COMBINING FORM 1) (usu. as ology) denoting a subject of study or interest: psychology. 2) denoting a characteristic of speech or language: eulogy. 3) denoting a type of discourse: trilogy. ORIGIN from Greek logos word … English terms dictionary
-logy — [lə jē] [ME logie < OFr < L logia < Gr < logos, word: see LOGIC] combining form 1. a (specified kind of) speaking [eulogy] 2. science, doctrine, or theory of [biology, theology] … English World dictionary
logy — [lō′gē] adj. logier, logiest [< ? Du log, heavy, dull] Informal dull or sluggish, as from overeating loginess n … English World dictionary
-logy — Ologies redirects here. For series of fantasy books by Dugald Steer, see Ologies (series). logy is a suffix in the English language, used with words originally adapted from Ancient Greek language ending in λογία ( logia).[1] The earliest English… … Wikipedia
logy — adjective /ləʊˈɡiː/ Slow to respond or react; lethargic. The steering seems logy, you have to turn the wheel well before you want to turn … Wiktionary
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