-urgy

-urgy
noun combining form Etymology: New Latin -urgia, from Greek -ourgia, from -ourgos working, from -o- + ergon work — more at work technique or art of dealing or working with (such) a product, matter, or tool <
metallurgy
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  • -urgy — [ər jē] [Gr ourgia < ourgos, worker < ergon, WORK] combining form the science, technique, or process of working with or by means of (something specified) [zymurgy, chemurgy] …   English World dictionary

  • -urgy — a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant work (dramaturgy): on this model, used in the formation of compound words (metallurgy). [ < Gk ourgia, akin to érgon to WORK] * * * …   Universalium

  • -urgy — ur·gy …   English syllables

  • -urgy — aff. a combining form meaning “making, production” of the thing specified by the initial element (dramaturgy; thaumaturgy), used esp., on the model of metallurgy, in the names of various applied sciences (chemurgy; zymurgy) • Etymology: < Gk… …   From formal English to slang

  • -urgy — a word element meaning a technology , as in metallurgy. {Greek ourgia, from ergon work} …  

  • -urgy — ə(r)jē, ˌərj , ˌə̄j , ˌəij , ji sometimes ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun combining form ( es) Etymology: New Latin urgia, from Greek ourgein to work (from ergon work) + Latin ia y more at work …   Useful english dictionary

  • Зельцер, Эммануил — Скандально известный американский адвокат советского происхождения Скандально известный американский адвокат, руководитель Американо российского института права. Эмигрировал из СССР в США в 1974 году. В 2004 2008 годах вел дело компании Nord… …   Энциклопедия ньюсмейкеров

  • dramaturgy — noun Etymology: German Dramaturgie, from Greek dramatourgia dramatic composition, from dramat , drama + ourgia urgy Date: 1801 the art or technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation • dramaturgic or dramaturgical adjective •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • liturgy — noun (plural gies) Etymology: Late Latin liturgia, from Greek leitourgia public service, from Greek (Attic) leïton public building (from Greek laos Attic leōs people) + ourgia urgy Date: 1560 1. often capitalized a eucharistic rite 2. a rite or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • metallurgy — noun Etymology: New Latin metallurgia, from metall + urgia urgy Date: 1665 the science and technology of metals • metallurgical adjective • metallurgically adverb • metallurgist noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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