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exotic.

Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/General-American, dialectal[ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk]General-American, dialectal/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/Canada, dialectal

  1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

    an exotic appearance

  2. Foreign, especially in an exciting way. Non-native to the ecosystem.

  3. Foreign, especially in an exciting way. extraterrestial, alien

    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.

Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/General-American, dialectal[ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk]General-American, dialectal/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/Canada, dialectal

  1. An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.

  2. A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.

  3. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.

  4. Any exotic particle.

    Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
Where this word comes from

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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