exotic

ex-ot-ic · adjective, noun

imported

Definitions

adjective, noun

  1. 1.

    Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.

  2. 2.

    An exotic plant or animal.

  3. 3.

    Attractively unusual or strikingly different.

  4. 4.

    (Of a plant or animal) introduced from another country; not native.

Forms

plural: exotics

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    exotic dancer — a performer of sensual dances
  • •
    exotic pet — an unusual animal kept as a pet

Related words

Antonyms: common, familiar, native, ordinary
See also: foreign, tropical, unusual
Synonyms: foreign, strange, unfamiliar, unusual

Etymology

From Greek exotikos ("foreign"), from exo ("outside").