What does exotic mean?
Definitions for exotic
ɪgˈzɒt ɪkex·ot·ic
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
Webster Dictionary
Exoticadjective
introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word
Etymology: [L. exoticus, Gr. fr. 'e`xw outside: cf. F. exotique. See Exoteric.]
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
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
Joe Exotic is guilty of a litany of charges for which Joe Exotic was never charged, but Joe Exotic 22 years sentence was too harsh, there are murderers who are sentenced to less time.
For me, it opens a broad spectrum of reflection about the image of Africa -- how is Africa represented, has been represented, has been broadcasted, has been framed and photographed, i want to break the cliche. ... To make people maybe understand that Africa is not an exotic idea. It's not just a mask that you can just put in your house as a decoration.
We are seeing more exotic financing transactions... notably the swapping of unsecured notes for second-lien and third-lien secured indebtedness.
This is an opportunity for us to educate our core customer and new customers about the exotic nature of these rare, small-lot coffees.
I'm obsessed with ultra exotic fruits.
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Translations for exotic
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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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