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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Characterized by lethargy; sluggish.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Heavy; slow; stupid.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Slow to respond or react; lethargic.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. U.S. Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

Etymologies

  1. Attested from the 19th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch log "heavy, dull". (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps from Dutch log, heavy or variant of English loggy, heavy, sluggish. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • chained_bear In Newfoundland English, logy (also spelled logey or loggy) means 'heavy, slow-moving.' Occurs as a place name, such as "Logy Bay." 1) Said "of persons (animals, fish, etc), heavy, sluggish, in poor condition; dull. 2) Of a vessel, slow-moving, deep-laden and heavy in sailing. 3) Of the weather, (a) heavy (with moisture); (b) oppressively hot. (Dictionary of Newfoundland English)

    In this same dictionary, the OED is cited defining logy as "fish of inferior quality. A large cod-fish; SOAKER." Jan 5, 2008

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