Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ology \Ol"o*gy\, n. [See -logy.]
A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of
knowledge.
[1913 Webster]
He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology,
geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever.
--De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ology
n 1: an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending)
for some unidentified branch of knowledge