Definitions for exotic
ɪgˈzɒt ɪkex·ot·ic

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. alien, exotic(adj)

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

   "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

2. exotic(adj)

   strikingly strange or unusual

   "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. exotic(Noun)

   An organism that is exotic to an environment.

2. exotic(Noun)

   An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.

3. exotic(Noun)

   Any exotic particle.

   Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

4. exotic(Adjective)

   Foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign.

   exotic appearance

5. exotic(Adjective)

   Non-native to the ecosystem.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Exotic(adj)

   introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word

2. Exotic(noun)

   anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom

Origin: [L. exoticus, Gr. fr. 'e`xw outside: cf. F. exotique. See Exoteric.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Exotic

   egz-ot′ik, adj. introduced from a foreign country—the opposite of indigenous.—n. anything of foreign origin: something not native to a country, as a plant, a word, a custom.—ns. Exot′icism, Ex′otism. [L.,—Gr. exōtikos—exō, outside.]

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'exotic' in Adjectives Frequency: #949

How to pronounce exotic?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exotic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exotic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of exotic in a Sentence

1. Sam Bompas:

   I'm obsessed with ultra exotic fruits.

2. Arild Olsen:

   We're advertising the exotic side of being in the dark.

3. Michelle Christensen:

   We came to these crossroads of making it more exotic and dramatic.

4. Mark Christmann:

   It’s not something you see every day, especially with exotic meat.

5. Nadim Khan:

   Coming here must be exotic for foreign journalists like you, right ?

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