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ex·ot·ic

(ĭg-zŏt′ĭk)

adj.

1. From another part of the world; foreign: exotic tropical plants in a greenhouse. See Synonyms at foreign.

2. Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange: "If something can be explained simply, in a familiar way, then it is best to avoid more exotic explanations" (Chet Raymo). See Synonyms at fantastic.

3. Of or involving striptease: an exotic dancer.

1. One that is exotic.

2. A striptease performer.

[Latin exōticus, from Greek exōtikos, from exō, outside; see exo-.]

ex·ot′i·cal·ly adv.

ex·ot′ic·ness n.

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exotic

(ɪɡˈzɒtɪk)

adj

1. originating in a foreign country, esp one in the tropics; not native: an exotic plant.

2. having a strange or bizarre allure, beauty, or quality

3. NZ (of trees, esp pine trees) native to the northern hemisphere but cultivated in New Zealand: an exotic forest.

4. of or relating to striptease

an exotic person or thing

[C16: from Latin exōticus, from Greek exōtikos foreign, from exō outside]

exˈotically adv

exˈotiˌcism n

exˈoticness n

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ex•ot•ic

(ɪgˈzɒt ɪk)

adj.

1. not native; introduced from abroad; foreign: exotic foods.

2. strikingly unusual or strange in effect, appearance, or nature: exotic weapons.

3. something exotic, as a bird or plant.

[1590–1600; < Latin exōticus < Greek exōtikós foreign]

ex•ot′i•cal•ly, adv.

ex•ot′ic•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	exotic - being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" alien foreign, strange - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
	2.	exotic - strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet" strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

exotic

adjective

1. unusual, different, striking, strange, extraordinary, bizarre, fascinating, curious, mysterious, colourful, glamorous, peculiar, unfamiliar, outlandish his striking and exotic appearance
unusual ordinary, familiar, plain, conventional, pedestrian, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, unmemorable

2. foreign, alien, tropical, external, extraneous, naturalized, extrinsic, not native travelling around the globe to collect rare and exotic plant species

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exotic

adjective

Of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world:

alien, foreign, strange.

Archaic: outlandish.

Translations

أجْنَبيأَجْنَبِيّغَريب

exotickýcizokrajný

eksotiskfremmedartetusædvanlig

eksoottinen

egzotičan

egzotikus

framandi, frá fjarlægu landiframandi; heillandi

esotico

エキゾチックエキゾチックな

이국적인이국풍의외국산의외래의

egzotiškas

eksotisksekstravagants

exotický

exotisk

มาจากประเทศอื่น

egzotik yabancı

lạ

异国情调的外来的奇异的

exotic

[ɪgˈzɒtɪk]

A. ADJ [flower, bird, fruit, food, place] → exótico; [holiday] → en un lugar exótico

B. N (Bot) → planta f exótica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

exotic

[ɪgˈzɒtɪk] adj → exotique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

exotic

adj → exotisch; exotic dancer → exotischer Tänzer, exotische Tänzerin; exotic holidays (esp Brit) or vacation (US) → Urlaub m → in exotischen Ländern

n (Bot) → exotische Pflanze, Exot(e) m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exotic

[ɪgˈzɒtɪk] adj → esotico/a

exotic

(igˈzotik) adjective

1. unusual or colourful. exotic clothes.

2. brought or introduced from a foreign country. exotic plants.

exotic

→ أَجْنَبِيّ exotický eksotisk exotisch εξωτικός exótico eksoottinen exotique egzotičan esotico エキゾチックな 이국적인 exotisch eksotisk egzotyczny exótico экзотический exotisk มาจากประเทศอื่น egzotik lạ 异国情调的

exotic

a. exótico-a, raro-a, extraño-a, extranjeros.

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For like certain other omnivorous roving lovers that might be named, my Lord Whale has no taste for the nursery, however much for the bower; and so, being a great traveller, he leaves his anonymous babies all over the world; every baby an exotic. In good time, nevertheless, as the ardor of youth declines; as years and dumps increase; as reflection lends her solemn pauses; in short, as a general lassitude overtakes the sated Turk; then a love of ease and virtue supplants the love for maidens; our Ottoman enters upon the impotent, repentant, admonitory stage of life, forswears, disbands the harem, and grown to an exemplary, sulky old soul, goes about all alone among the meridians and parallels saying his prayers, and warning each young Leviathan from his amorous errors.

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They're too exotic -- too tropical -- too insolent.

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Yet the exotic had grown here, suddenly as the prophet's gourd; and had drawn hither Tess.

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The fruits came from his own stores; he had often cultivated them himself, having an intimate acquaintance with the cultivation of exotic fruits and plants.

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Amid the scattered property and the crowd on the open space, she, in her rich satin cloak with a bright lilac shawl on her head, suggested a delicate exotic plant thrown out onto the snow.

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He strove to shelter her, as a fair exotic is sheltered by the gardener, from every rougher wind and to surround her with all that could tend to excite pleasurable emotion in her soft and benevolent mind.

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And that pretty girl-widow, I should like to know her history: whether she be a native of the country, or, as is more probable, an exotic that the surly INDIGENAE will not recognise for kin.' With this intention I asked Mrs.

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It is interesting to shift one's point of view--to enter into strange, exotic ways of looking at life.

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There is something tropical and exotic about her which forms a singular contrast to her cool and unemotional brother.

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But you couldn't make a man like Winsett see that; and that was why the New York of literary clubs and exotic restaurants, though a first shake made it seem more of a kaleidoscope, turned out, in the end, to be a smaller box, with a more monotonous pattern, than the assembled atoms of Fifth Avenue.

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At an open window of a room in the second story, hanging over some pots of beautiful and delicate flowers,--exotics, but which had never known a more genial sunshine than that of the New England autumn, --was the figure of a young lady, an exotic, like the flowers, and beautiful and delicate as they.

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What once was a large garden was now all grown over with weeds, through which, here and there, some solitary exotic reared its forsaken head.