logy

logy
 
adjective | LOH-ghee
 
What It Means
 
Like sluggish and groggy, logy describes a person who is not able to think or move normally because of being tired, sick, etc., or something that moves slowly and ploddingly.
 
// The heavy meal left me feeling logy and in need of a nap.

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ogy
1 of 2
adjective
lo·;gy ;l;-g;
variants or less commonly loggy
;l;-g;
;l;-
logier; logiest
Synonyms of logy
: sluggish, groggy
-logy

2 of 2
noun combining form
1
: oral or written expression
phraseology
2
: doctrine : theory : science
ethnology

Synonyms
Adjective

tired
exhausted
weary
wearied
drained
Examples of logy in a Sentence
Adjective
the next morning I was feeling logy, having stayed up half the night

Word History
Etymology
Adjective

perhaps from Dutch log heavy; akin to Middle Low German luggich lazy

Noun combining form

French -logie, from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word

First Known Use
Adjective

1847, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of logy was in 1847
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Rhymes for logy
pudgy
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logy

1 of 2
adjective
lo·;gy ;l;-g;
logier; logiest
: sluggish, tired
loginess
-g;-n;s
 noun
-logy

2 of 2
noun combining form
-l·;o·;gy l-;-j;
: doctrine : theory : science
biology
Etymology
Noun combining form

derived from Greek logos "word"

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