exotic
See also: exòtic
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Adjective
exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)
- Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
- an exotic appearance
- 1682 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 24 November 1682]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842:
- Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Tremarn Case:
- “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. […]”
- 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
- 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.
- Non-native to the ecosystem.
- (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
- (gambling) 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.
Derived terms
- exotically
- exotic atom
- exotic baryon
- exotic cheroot
- exotic dancer
- exotic hadron
- exoticism
- exoticity
- exotic meson
- exoticness
- exotic sphere
- exotic star
Related terms
- exotica
Translations
foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
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non-native to the ecosystem
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Noun
exotic (plural exotics)
- (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- 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.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
- (physics) Any exotic particle.
- Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
Derived terms
- invasive exotic
Translations
organism exotic to an environment
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Further reading
Exotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Exotic in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- coxite, excito-
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin exōticus.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective
exotic m (feminine singular exotica, masculine plural exotics, feminine plural exoticas)
- exotic
Romanian
Etymology
From French exotique, from Latin exoticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡˈzo.tik/
Adjective
exotic m or n (feminine singular exotică, masculine plural exotici, feminine and neuter plural exotice)
- exotic
Declension
Declension of exotic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | exotic | exotică | exotici | exotice | ||
| definite | exoticul | exotica | exoticii | exoticele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | exotic | exotice | exotici | exotice | ||
| definite | exoticului | exoticei | exoticilor | exoticelor | |||