exotic

See also: exòtic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)

1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

   an exotic appearance

   • 1682 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 24 November 1682]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:

     Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “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”, in 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.

   1. Non-native to the ecosystem.
   2. extraterrestial, alien

      exotic materials

2. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
3. (gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.

Derived terms

• exotically
• exotic atom
• exotic baryon
• exotic cheroot
• exotic dancer
• exotic hadron
• exoticism
• exoticity
• exotic meson
• exoticness
• exotic sphere
• exotic star

 

Related terms

• exotica

Translations

foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign

Arabic: مجلوب Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: екзотичен (bg) (ekzotičen) Catalan: exòtic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 有異國情調／有异国情调 (yǒu yìguó qíngdiào), 外來的／外来的 (wàiláide), 異國的／异国的 (yìguóde) Czech: exotický (cs), cizokrajný Danish: eksotisk Dutch: exotisch (nl) Esperanto: ekzotika, ekzota Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: eksoottinen (fi) French: exotique (fr) Galician: exótico German: exotisch (de) Greek: εξωτικός (el) (exotikós) Ancient: ἔξεδρος (éxedros) Hungarian: egzotikus (hu) Ido: exotika (io) Indonesian: eksotis (id) Irish: andúchasach, coimhthíoch Italian: esotico (it) Japanese: エキゾチック (ja) (ekizochikku) Korean: 이국적인 (igukjeogin), 이국풍의 (igukpung'ui) Latin: peregrinus Latvian: eksotisks Lithuanian: egzotiškas Manx: andooghyssagh Maori: rāwaho, tauhou Norwegian: Bokmål: eksotisk Nynorsk: eksotisk Occitan: exotic (oc) Persian: غریب (fa) (ğarib), اگزوتیک (egzotik) Polish: egzotyczny (pl) Portuguese: exótico (pt) Romanian: exotic (ro) Russian: экзоти́ческий (ru) (ekzotíčeskij), экзоти́чный (ru) (ekzotíčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, eilthireach, allmharach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: егзо̀тичан Roman: egzòtičan (sh) Spanish: exótico (es) Swedish: exotisk (sv) Tagalog: eksotiko, kakaiba Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: екзоти́чний (ekzotýčnyj) Vietnamese: kì lạ (vi)

non-native to the ecosystem

Arabic: دخيل Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: exòtic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 外來的／外来的 (wàilái de), 引進的／引进的 (yǐnjìn de) Czech: nepůvodní Dutch: uitheems (nl), exotisch (nl) Esperanto: neindiĝena Finnish: vieras (fi), eksoottinen (fi) French: exotique (fr) German: exotisch (de) Greek: εξωτικός (el) (exotikós), ξένος (el) (xénos) Hungarian: egzotikus (hu) Ido: exotika (io) Indonesian: eksotis (id) Irish: andúchasach Japanese: 外来 (ja) (gairai) Korean: 외래의 (oerae'ui), 외국산의 (oeguksanui) Manx: (please verify) andooghyssagh Maori: rāwaho Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: egzotyczny (pl) Portuguese: exótico (pt) Russian: экзоти́ческий (ru) (ekzotíčeskij) Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: егзо̀тичан Roman: egzòtičan (sh) Spanish: exótico (es) Swedish: exotisk (sv) Tagalog: eksotiko Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: екзоти́чний (ekzotýčnyj) Vietnamese: ngoại lai (vi)

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Noun

exotic (plural exotics)

1. (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
   • c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:

     There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

2. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
3. (physics) Any exotic particle.

   Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

Derived terms

• invasive exotic

Translations

organism exotic to an environment

Czech: exot (cs) m Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: exoot (nl) m Finnish: eksoottinen laji French: exotique (fr) m or f German: Exot (de) m Greek: εξωτικός (el) m (exotikós) Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: (organismo) exótico (pt) m Russian: экзо́т (ru) m (ekzót) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Tagalog: eksotiko, kakaiba Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: sinh vật ngoại lai

Further reading

• Exotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Exotic in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Texico, excito-, coxite

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin exōticus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

exotic m (feminine singular exotica, masculine plural exotics, feminine plural exoticas)

1. exotic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exotique, from Latin exoticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡˈzo.tik/

Adjective

exotic m or n (feminine singular exotică, masculine plural exotici, feminine and neuter plural exotice)

1. exotic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	exotic		exotică		exotici	exotice
	definite	exoticul		exotica		exoticii	exoticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	exotic		exotice		exotici	exotice
	definite	exoticului		exoticei		exoticelor	exoticilor