13 definitions found for exotic

Exotic EXOT'IC, a. [Gr. without.] Foreign; pertaining to or produced in a foreign country; not native; extraneous; as an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
EXOT'IC, n. A plant, shrub or tree not native; a plant produced in a foreign country.
1. A word of foreign origin.

exotic adj 1: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" [syn: alien, exotic] 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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exotic 1599, "belonging to another country," from L. exoticus, from Gk. exotikos "foreign," lit. "from the outside," from exo- "outside," from ex "out of." Sense of "unusual, strange" first recorded in Eng. 1629, from notion of "alien, outlandish." In reference to strip-teasers and dancing girls, it is first attested 1954, Amer.Eng.

exotic I. adjective Etymology: Latin exoticus, from Greek exōtikos, from exō Date: 1599 1. introduced from another country ; not native to the place where found <exotic plants> 2. archaic foreign, alien 3. strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual <exotic flavors> 4. of or relating to striptease <exotic dancing> • exotically adverb • exoticness noun II. noun Date: 1645 1. one (as a plant or animal) that is exotic 2. stripteaser 3. exotic shorthair

exotic
adj. & n.
--adj.
1 introduced from or originating in a foreign (esp. tropical) country (exotic fruits).
2 attractively or remarkably strange or unusual; bizarre.
3 (of a fuel, metal, etc.) of a kind newly brought into use.
--n. an exotic person or thing.
Phrases and idioms:
exotic dancer a striptease dancer.
Derivatives:
exotically adv. exoticism n.
Etymology: L exoticus f. Gk exotikos f. exo outside

exotic Something that is exotic is unusual and interesting, usually because it comes from or is related to a distant country. ...brilliantly coloured, exotic flowers... She flits from one exotic location to another. ADJ • exotically ...exotically beautiful scenery. ADV

exotic ɪɡˈzɔtɪk adj. & n. --adj. 1 introduced from or originating in a foreign (esp. tropical) country (exotic fruits). 2 attractively or remarkably strange or unusual; bizarre. 3 (of a fuel, metal, etc.) of a kind newly brought into use. --n. an exotic person or thing. øexotic dancer a striptease dancer. øøexotically adv. exoticism n. [L exoticus f. Gk exotikos f. exo outside]

Exotic Ex*ot"ic, n. Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom. Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics. --Addison.

Exotic Ex*ot"ic, a. [L. exoticus, Gr. ? fr. 'e`xw outside: cf. F. exotique. See Exoteric.] Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. --Evelyn.

exotic a. ; (also exotical) Foreign, extraneous, not indigenous, not native, derived from abroad.

exotic ɪɡˈzɔtɪk adj. 1 foreign, alien, non-native, imported: She raises exotic plants. 2 strange, unfamiliar, unusual, bizarre, odd, peculiar, unique, singular, extraordinary, remarkable, out of the ordinary, different, outlandish, weird, crazy: His exotic clothes make him stand out in a crowd. 3 striptease, belly, go-go, topless, bottomless, nude: Her daughter is an exotic dancer at the new disco.

145 Moby Thesaurus words for "exotic": alien, alluring, apart, appealing, appetizing, asunder, at a distance, attractive, away, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beguiling, belly, bewitching, bizarre, blandishing, bottomless, bright, bright-hued, brilliant, burning, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, colorful, colory, come-hither, coquettish, crazy, deep-colored, detached, different, disconnected, discrete, disjunct, disrelated, dissociated, distal, distant, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exterior, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extraterrestrial, extrinsic, far, far off, faraway, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, foreign, foreign-born, gay, gay-colored, glamorous, go-go, gorgeous, high-colored, hypnotic, imported, incommensurable, incomparable, independent, insular, intense, interesting, intriguing, intrusive, inviting, irrelative, irresistible, isolated, long-distance, long-range, mesmeric, mouth-watering, mysterious, naturalized, nude, odd, other, outland, outlandish, outside, peculiar, piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, remarkable, remote, removed, rich, rich-colored, romanesque, romantic, seducing, seductive, segregate, separate, separated, singular, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strange, striptease, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, tickling, titillating, titillative, topless, ulterior, unaffiliated, unallied, unassociated, unconnected, unearthly, unfamiliar, unique, unrelatable, unrelated, unusual, vivid, weird, winning, winsome, witching