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   exotic

   /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country: "exotic birds" Similar foreignnon-nativetropicalalienimportedintroducedunnaturalizedforeignfarawayfar offfar-flungunfamiliardistantremoteOpposite nativefamiliarnearby
   • ▪ attractive or striking because colourful or out of the ordinary: "youths with exotic haircuts" Similar strikingcolourfuleye-catchingunusualunconventionalout of the ordinaryextravagantoff-centreremarkablesensationalastonishingstrangeoutlandishbizarrefantasticpeculiarweirdoutrageouscuriousdifferentunfamiliarBohemianalternativeavant-gardeforeign-lookingattractiveglamorousromanticfascinatingout of the commoninformal:offbeatoff the wallOpposite unremarkableconventional
   • ▪ (especially of metals or fuels) of a kind not ordinarily encountered; specially produced: "exotic chemicals such as oil hydrocarbons"

   noun

   • 1. an exotic plant or animal: "he planted exotics in the sheltered garden"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exotically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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