What is "exotic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does exotic mean in English? Meaning of exotic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "exotic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "exotic": being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

Adjective

  • Meaning: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
  • Example: alien customs exotic plants in a greenhouse exotic cuisine
  • Synonyms: alien exotic
  • Similar: foreign strange
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

    Meaning of "exotic": strikingly strange or unusual

    Adjective

  • Meaning: strikingly strange or unusual
  • Example: an exotic hair style protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants the exotic landscape of a dead planet
  • Synonyms: exotic
  • Similar: strange unusual
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

  • Adjective: Foreign, especially in an exciting way. an exotic appearance John Evelyn (1620-1706) Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Tremarn Case[1]: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]” 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:  Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.John Evelyn (1620-1706) Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Tremarn Case[1]: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:  Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.Non-native to the ecosystem.(finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
  • Synonyms:

    alluring, glamorous, romantic, colorful, unusual, unfamiliar, peculiar, alien, strange, curious, weird, bizarre, fascinating, different, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, foreign, imported, introduced, kinky, outlandish, outside, striking, way out, enticing, avant garde, peregrine,

    Antonyms:

    boring, uninteresting, standard, usual, dull, common, familiar, normal, regular, ordinary, native,

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    exotic in English: exotic
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