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exotic

ex·ot·ic [ ig zóttik ]

adjective

Definition:

1. strikingly different: strikingly unusual and often very colorful and exciting or suggesting distant countries and unfamiliar cultures

2. ecology from elsewhere: introduced from another place or region

an exotic species

noun (plural ex·ot·ics)

Definition:

somebody or something unusual and striking: a person or thing that is foreign and unusual, especially a plant or animal

[Late 16th century. Via Latin exoticus< Greek exōtikos< exō "out, outside"]

ex·ot·i·cal·ly adverb

ex·ot·i·cism [ ig zótti sìzzəm ] noun

ex·ot·ic·ness noun

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