logy

comparative logier · superlative logiest · alternative logey

1. Slow to respond or react; lethargic.

   The steering seems logy; you have to turn the wheel well before you want to turn.

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   Perkins discovered his prize duck in a logy condition.

   1910, “Duck Eats Yeast”, in The Yakima Herald

   I was still logy with sleep; I shook my head to try to clear it.

   1956, Robert Heinlein, Double Star

   “So then you stumble into another bunch of cocaine in the jungle, and then continue stumbling into a bean bagging arms dealer so that now almost inexplicably we have enough weapons to invade Quebec.” “Wait, literally?” “No, Krieger. Not literally.” “Aw.” “Lame.” “Well, if we ever do, the best time to invade is right after brunch when they're all logy.” “Archer?” “I don't know. I mean, it couldn't hurt, but--” “Still talking about this, not invading Quebec.”

   2014 March 24, Adam Reed, “On the Carpet” (14:09 from the start), in Archer, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Dr. Algernop Krieger (Lucky Yates)

plural logies

1. A term formed with the -logy suffix.

   The many Logies and Isms that have lately come into vogue.

   1856, Joseph Young, Demonology; or, the Scripture doctrine of Devils, page 372