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exotic

exo·tic

UK/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/ US/ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/ fairly common

adjective

1.

being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

  • “alien customs”
  • “exotic plants in a greenhouse”
  • “exotic cuisine”
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2.

strikingly strange or unusual

  • “an exotic hair style”
  • “protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants”
  • “the exotic landscape of a dead planet”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • exotic atom
  • exotic baryon
  • exotic cheroot
  • exotic dancer
  • exotic hadron
  • exotic meson
  • exotic species
  • exotic sphere
  • invasive exotic

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