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-logy
-logy or -ologysuff.1. Discourse; expression: phraseology.2. Science; theory; study: dermatology; sexology.
[Middle English -logie, from Old French, from Latin -logia, from Greek -logiā (from logos, word, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots) and from -logos, one who deals with (from legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots).]-logy n combining form 1. indicating the science or study of: musicology. 2. indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings: trilogy; phraseology; martyrology. [from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word; see logos] -logical, -logic adj combining form -logist n combining formlo•gy (ˈloʊ gi)
adj. -gi•er, -gi•est. lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic. [1840–50, Amer.; perhaps < Dutch log heavy, cumbersome + -y1] lo′gi•ly, adv. lo′gi•ness, n. -logy a combining form meaning “field of scientific study, discipline,” used also to denote the body of principles, theories, data, etc., produced by learned endeavor ( archaeology; pathology; theology); “set of abstract notions” ( ideology; methodology); “set of texts” ( trilogy); “systematic listing” ( genealogy; necrology); “linguistic usage” (tautology; phraseology). [Middle English -logie < Latin -logia < Greek. See -logue, -y3] -logy
-logy word element [Gr.], science; treatise; sum of knowledge in a particular subject.-logia (lō'jē-ă), 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the Eng. equivalent is -logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology. 2. Collecting or picking. -logia Suffix meaning 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the English equivalent is -logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology [G. logos, discourse, treatise]. 2. Collecting or picking.
Synonym(s): -ology (2) . [G. logos, discourse, treatise]-logy Suffix denoting study, science, theory, thesis or creed. |