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   Ex·ot·ic

   /iɡˈzädik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country: "exotic birds" Similar foreignnonnativetropicalalienimportedintroducedunnaturalizedforeignfarawayfar offfar-flungunfamiliardistantremoteOpposite nativefamiliarnearby
   • ▪ attractive or striking because colorful or out of the ordinary: "there was a touch of the exotic in her appearance" Similar strikingcolorfuleye-catchingunusualunconventionalout of the ordinaryextravagantoff-centerremarkablesensationalastonishingstrangeoutlandishbizarrefantasticpeculiarweirdoutrageouscuriousdifferentunfamiliarBohemianalternativeavant-gardeforeign-lookingattractiveglamorousromanticfascinatingout of the commoninformal:offbeatoff the wallOpposite unremarkableconventional
   • ▪ of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily encountered: "exotic elementary particles as yet unknown to science"

   noun

   • 1. an exotic plant or animal: "he planted exotics in the sheltered garden"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exotically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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