logy
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Attested from the 19th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch log "heavy, dull".
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
logy (comparative logier, superlative logiest)
- Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
- The steering seems logy, you have to turn the wheel well before you want to turn.
- 1956. “I was still logy with sleep; I shook my head to try to clear it”. Double Star. Robert Heinlein
[edit] Etymology 2
Nominalization of the -logy suffix.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
logy (plural logies)
- terms formed with the -logy suffix.
- 1856 The many Logies and Isms that have lately come into vogue. (Joseph Young, Demonology; or, the Scripture doctrine of Devils, p. 372, cited after OED).
[edit] Adjective
logy (comparative logier, superlative logiest)
