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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin exoticus, from Greek ex?tikos, from ex? 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

Moby Thesaurus

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