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-logic, -logical|ˈlɒdʒɪk, ˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
endings originally occurring in adaptations (through F. and L.) of Gr. adjs. in -λογικός, derived from adjs. and ns. in -λογος, -λογον, which have derivative nouns of quality or function in -λογία, represented in Eng. by -logy. As the meaning of an adj. in -logic(al) may with substantial correctness be rendered by ‘pertaining to ―logy’, such adjs. are commonly apprehended as derivatives of the related ns. (as if f. ―logy + -ic). In general, the existence of a n. in -logy now implies the potential existence of a correlative adj. in -logical (the exceptions being confined to a few of the older words, such as apology, which have corresponding adjs. of different formation). For the difference in meaning between adjs. in -logic and the (now much more frequent) adjs. in -logical, see -ical, and cf. the note under geologic 1. |