About The Word Exotic
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Exotic
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What's The Definition Of Exotic?
[adj] strikingly strange or unusual; "exotic costumes from the Far East"; "an exotic hair style"
[adj] being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country" Synonyms | Synonyms for Exotic: alien | foreign | strange | unusual Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | Exotic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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