exotic
Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
Example
“an exotic appearance”
Other meanings
Non-native to the ecosystem.
extraterrestial, alien
Related words
- cryptoexotic
- exoticisation
- exoticise
- exoticist
- exoticization
- exoticize
- exotify
- nonexotic
- unexotic
- exotically
- exotic atom
- exotic species
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἐξωτικός" (foreign).
Where this comes from
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