ONTIC

PRONUNCIATION: (ON-tik)

MEANING: adjective: Having or relating to a real existence.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek onto (being). Earliest documented use: 1907.
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ANTIC - scurrying, busy, active; like an insect of the family Formicidae

OSTIC - bony

ONOIC - (pronunciation: "oh-NO-ick"): dismayed upon discovering something unexpected and unwanted