It's the Mariam Webster, Word of the Day for July 23rd.

Today's word is Logie, spelled L-O-G-Y. Logie is an adjective. Like sluggish and groggy,

Logie describes a person who is not able to think or move

normally because of being tired or sick, or something that moves slowly and ploddingly.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the New York Times by Glenn Kenney.

The picture moves at a stately pace that one supposes was considered period appropriate, but feels

merely Logi at times. The origins of the word Logi, sometimes spelled with two G's, L-O-G-G-Y,

likely lie in the Dutch word log, meaning heavy, a relation of the ancient German adjective,

Lugich, meaning lazy.

The word shares no history with the log of campfires, which is centuries older and has probable

Scandinavian roots. Likewise, it has no etymological connection to the word groggy, which describes

someone weak and unsteady on the feet or in action.

That word ultimately comes from the nickname of an English admiral, old grog, concerned with the

health of his crew, served diluted rum to his sailors, who returned the favor by dubbing the

rum mixture grog. Modern grog is typically

rum or another liquor, cut with water and served warm, sweetened, and with lemon. With your word of

the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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