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Exotic
//ɪɡˈzɒtɪk// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
"an exotic appearance"
- 2 Foreign, especially in an exciting way.; Non-native to the ecosystem.
- 3 Foreign, especially in an exciting way.; extraterrestial, alien
"exotic materials"
- 4 Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
- 5 Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
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- 6 Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
- 7 Unsual to keep or undomesticated.
Adjective
- 1 strikingly strange or unusual wordnet
- 2 being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world wordnet
Noun
- 1 An organism that is exotic to an environment.
"There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince."
- 2 An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
- 3 Any exotic particle.
"Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).
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