loggish

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English

Etymology

From log +‎ -ish.

Adjective

loggish (comparative more loggish, superlative most loggish)

  1. heavy or ponderous; dull; lumpish
    • 1985, The New York Times Book Review, page 16:
      But it would be a loggish observer indeed who failed to become involved In Mr. McMullen's situation, for in addition to being as sharp-eyed as an osprey he has made of himself no mean naturalist, []
    • 1938, Frank Swinnerton, Harvest comedy: a dramatic chronicle, page 269:
      His first thought thereafter was that Robert was drunk and in a loggish stupor. But when, at Julie's sharp call, the sleeper awoke and jumped upright []