This week’s theme
Words that result in another word when a single letter is prefixed

This week’s words
ovine
uberty
lection
rill
otic

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Next week’s theme
Words to describe people

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PRONUNCIATION:

(O-tik, OT-ik)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to the ear.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek ous (ear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ous- (ear), which also gave us ear, aural, auscultation, scout, and otorhinolaryngology. Earliest documented use: 1657.

USAGE:

“Looks like it might be suffering from ear mites as well. Nothing that a bit of otic medication won’t cure.”
H.Y. Hanna; Summer Beach Vets (Book 3); Wisheart Press; 2014.

See more usage examples of otic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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