What does exotic mean?
Definitions for exotic
ɪgˈzɒt ɪkex·ot·ic
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word exotic.
Princeton's WordNet
alien, exoticadjective
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
"alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
exoticadjective
strikingly strange or unusual
"an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"
Wiktionary
exoticnoun
An organism that is exotic to an environment.
exoticnoun
An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
exoticnoun
Any exotic particle.
Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
exoticadjective
Foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign.
exotic appearance
exoticadjective
Non-native to the ecosystem.
ChatGPT
exotic
Exotic refers to something that is foreign, non-native, unusual or different from the norm. It often implies an element of intrigue or mysteriousness and can be related to plants, animals, cultures, or places that are not commonly found or experienced in one's local environment or society. It can also describe anything that has characteristics which are strikingly unusual or distinctly unique.
Webster Dictionary
Exoticadjective
introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word
Exoticnoun
anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom
Etymology: [L. exoticus, Gr. fr. 'e`xw outside: cf. F. exotique. See Exoteric.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Entomology
Exotic
not a natives of the place where found: an introduced species: also any species occurring in any country outside of the limits of the country whose fauna is under consideration.
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'exotic' in Adjectives Frequency: #949
Anagrams for exotic »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of exotic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of exotic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of exotic in a Sentence
It’s not something you see every day, especially with exotic meat.
What we're trying to do is make a hybrid technology that is very low cost, it's made with conventional materials such as steel, rather than exotic and rare materials such as lithium, which can really be applied globally to make a hybrid system that pays for itself as a business case, without subsidy, and we think that's the key to making all the world's buses hybrids.
When the body is warmed, the water ice restructures to a more stable and compact form, and the trapped gas can escape, this could explain ‘Oumuamua’s behavior but doesn’t need to invoke any exotic chemistry or physics.
Were thrilled to see a light at the end of the tunnel with Chinas proposal to reclassify dogs as companion animals and bring an end to dog meat trade, these animals are our dutiful companions and not our dinner fare. If COVID19 has taught us anything, its that we can not allow infectious practices such as eating bats, dogs, cats, pangolins, and other exotic creatures to continue not only for the welfare of the animals, but for the heath and safety of the human race and global economy. Its believed that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a wet market in Wuhan, China. Marty Irby added that.
You don't have to go somewhere exotic, like the Amazon, to find something that hasn't been discovered, with these tools, you can find something not discovered right here in the Northwest.
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- غريبArabic
- екзотиченBulgarian
- exòticCatalan, Valencian
- cizokrajný, exotickýCzech
- exotischGerman
- εξωτικόςGreek
- ekzota, ekzotikaEsperanto
- exóticoSpanish
- غریبPersian
- exotiqueFrench
- eilthireach, coimheachScottish Gaelic
- egzotikusHungarian
- eksotikIndonesian
- exotikaIdo
- 外来, エキゾチックJapanese
- 이국풍, 이국적, 외래, 외국산Korean
- exotischDutch
- egzotycznyPolish
- exótico, exóticaPortuguese
- экзоти́чный, экзоти́ческийRussian
- egzòtičanSerbo-Croatian
- exotiskSwedish
- 異國情調Chinese
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