Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective From another part of the world; foreign: synonym: foreign.
- adjective Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange: synonym: fantastic.
- adjective Of or involving striptease.
- noun One that is exotic.
- noun A striptease performer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of foreign origin or character; introduced from a foreign country; not native, naturalized, or familiarized; extraneous: as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
- noun Anything of foreign origin, as a plant, tree, word, practice, etc., introduced from a foreign country, and not fully acclimated, naturalized, or established in use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign
- noun Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Foreign , with the connotation ofexcitingly foreign. - adjective
Non-native to theecosystem . - noun biology An
organism that is exotic to anenvironment . - noun An
exotic dancer ; astripteaser . - noun physics Any exotic
particle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective strikingly strange or unusual
- adjective being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not to be outdone, the New York City cast took the term exotic getaway to a whole new level with a Morocco trip spanning three episodes.
10 Things We Learned From The Real Housewives of New York City's Morocco Trilogy 2011
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Not to be outdone, the New York City cast took the term exotic getaway to a whole new level with a Morocco trip spanning three episodes.
10 Things We Learned From The Real Housewives of New York City's Morocco Trilogy 2011
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JOHN LOWRY, LENDER, AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE: Well, the term exotic mortgage actually came from Alan Greenspan a few years ago when he was talking about all these creative financing ways where people can afford all these exorbitant houses with low payments.
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The Atlantic offers some additional thoughts on the term exotic finance.
Dealscape 2009
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A few years back I was what they call an exotic dancer.
Daddy Long Stroke Cairo 2010
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And that kind of attraction with Ben Affleck that Jennifer Lopez had symbolizes what we call the exotic is erotic.
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And that kind of attraction with Ben Affleck that Jennifer Lopez had symbolizes what we call the exotic is erotic.
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And that kind of attraction with Ben Affleck that Jennifer Lopez had symbolizes what we call the exotic is erotic.
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Kareems business started to blossom (if you don't mind the pun) as he expanded his range in crotons, orchids, and developed what he calls his exotic range of fruit trees.
newsday.co.tt 2009
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No, "exotic" is totally a red flag for Otherisation.
Actual Fan Email, Actual Response. karenhealey 2010
chained_bear commented on the word exotic
Seen here.
June 19, 2009