exotic

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15
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16
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6
Pronunciation
/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
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/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/ · /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/ · [ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk] · /ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/

Definition of exotic

11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
    “an exotic appearance”
    “Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.”
    ““Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]””
    “Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.”
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adj

  1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
    “an exotic appearance”
    “Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.”
    ““Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]””
    “Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.”
  2. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  3. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
    “exotic materials”
  4. Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
  5. Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
  6. Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
  7. Unusual to keep or undomesticated.

noun

  1. An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.
  2. A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.
    “There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.”
  3. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  4. Any exotic particle.
    “Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).

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