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Webster 1913 Edition


-logy

-lo-gy

s
uff.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr.
λόγοσ
word, discourse, fr.
λέγειν
to speak. See
Logic
.]
A combining form denoting a
discourse
,
treatise
,
doctrine
,
theory
,
science
;
as, theo
logy
, geo
logy
, bio
logy
, minera
logy
.
Porcupines are . . .
logy
, sluggish creatures.
C. H. Merriam.