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logy
logy
See also: -logy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloʊɡi/
Adjective
logy (comparative logier, superlative logiest)
- Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
- 1910, "Duck Eats Yeast," The Yakima Herald:
- Perkins discovered his prize duck in a logy condition.
- 1956. “I was still logy with sleep; I shook my head to try to clear it”. Double Star. Robert Heinlein
- The steering seems logy, you have to turn the wheel well before you want to turn.
- 1910, "Duck Eats Yeast," The Yakima Herald:
Etymology 2
Nominalization of the -logy suffix.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lədʒɪ/
Noun
logy (plural logies)
- A term formed with the -logy suffix.
- 1856, Joseph Young, Demonology; or, the Scripture doctrine of Devils, page 372:
- The many Logies and Isms that have lately come into vogue.
- 1856, Joseph Young, Demonology; or, the Scripture doctrine of Devils, page 372: