Exotic

Definition: Exotic

Exotic

Adjective

1. Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country".

2. Strikingly strange or unusual; "exotic costumes from the Far East"; "an exotic hair style".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exotic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Mining

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EXOTIC

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Exotic

Irrelation

Adjective: irrelative, irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent, unallied; unconnected, disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular; extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish, exotic.

Unconformity

Unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon; rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary; strange, monstrous; wonderful; unexpected, unaccountable; outre, out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy; queer, quaint, nondescript, none such, sui generis; unfashionable; fantastic, grotesque, bizarre; outlandish, exotic, tombe des nues, preternatural; denaturalized.

Vegetable

Annual; perennial, biennial, triennial; exotic.

Crosswords: Exotic

Romanian (exotic).

It's amazing how exotic Wisconson isn't (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow)

I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.)

Oh, the Indian is hot. I go for exotic types, especially when they're half-naked (Can't Stop the Music; writing credit: Allan Carr; Bronte Woodard)

That's one more for exotic bird bingo (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal)

Exotic. I said exotic (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Like an exotic drink (Around the World (La la la la la); performing artist: ATC)

Exotic sweetness, a magical time (I Love You Always Forever; performing artist: Donna Lewis)

And a rare, exotic mystery at night (ANOTHER NIGHT IN TUNISIA; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)

Exotic French Fantasies (1974)

The Exotic Dreams of Casanova (1971)

FitzPatrick Traveltalks No. T-322: Exotic Mexico (1942)

Justine: Exotic Liaisons (1995)

Best Exotic Dancers in the USA (1995)

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Books

• Exotic Style: Decorating Ideas from Around the World (reference)

• Glock Exotic Weapons System (reference)

• The Great Exotic Novels and Short Stories of Somerset Maugham (reference)

• The Kissing Companion: Secret Technique of over 500 Exotic Kisses (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Animals Exotic And Small Magazine (reference)

• Exotic Dvm (reference)

• Veterinary Clinics Of North America : Exotic Animal Practice (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Real World - Exotic Vacations (reference)

• Exotic House of Wax: Legacy of Lust (reference)

• The Exotic Time Machine (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Exotic Chamber Music (reference)

• Exotic Dances from the Opera (reference)

• Exotic Lyricism: Eric Himy Plays Maurice Ravel (reference)

• Taboo: The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman (reference)

• The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Exotic Tropical Flowers Photo CD (Jewel Case) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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A Hubble telescope survey of the sky has uncovered exotic patterns, rings, arcs, and crosses ... Credit: NASA.

View from delta splay along Southwest Pass towards islands composed of Phragmites, an exotic species commonly called roseau cane. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Water hyacinth, an exotic, filling a canal. Water hyacinth stops boat traffic and interferes with circulation of water. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Two girl scouts plant three species of salt and high-marsh grass in a project designed to remove exotic and non-native salt marsh plants and restore them with native salt marsh plants. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Berm Removal/ Before -- The Northwest Berm was densely overgrown with Brazilian pepper trees and other invasive exotic plants prior to restoration. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Science is an international game. Agricultural Research Service scientists search the world over for new solutions to the problems caused by exotic plants and insects. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

To increase the genetic diversity of U.S. corn, the Germplasm Enhancement for Maize (GEM) project seeks to combine exotic germplasm, such as this unusually colored and shaped maize from Latin America, with domestic corn lines. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..

CheatgrassBromus tectorumgrass, exotic annual. Credit: Roger Rosentreter.

Ranunculus testiculusbur buttercupWildflower, exotic annualweed. Credit: Roger Rosentreter.

Interior, detail of south wall. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, August 1970. (Reproduction Number: HABS TENN,19-NASH,13-7) The interior columns, moldings, and illusionistic fresco ornament shown here along the south wall of Nashville’s First Presbyterian Church are in the Egyptian Revival style, an exotic style of architecture that became popular in the first half of the nineteenth century following Napoleon’s conquests. The Egyptian Revival style is noted for its lotus-leaf-inspired capitals, bulging columns, and Egyptian gorges, the dramatically curved cornice topping many Egyptian buildings. Begun in 1849 by William Strickland, the architect of the Tennessee State Capitol, this is the largest and best-preserved Egyptian Revival church in the United States. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Similar diseases have occurred in elk, deer, and exotic zoo animals. (references)

Business

This interest was in advanced propulsion system and exotic metal research. (references)

The aim of this legislation is to expand non forested areas with species for wood uses, both exotic and native, and for commercial or industrial undertakings. (references)

Summer vacations are generally spent at the sea (preferred by 57% of Italians) or in the mountains (15%). Winter holidays are spent in the mountains, where Italians ski or do other winter sports, or on exotic foreign beaches. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Singaporeans like to try newer and more exotic fruit. (references)

Nepal

Nepal's rugged terrain and exotic culture have an enduring fascination for tourists. (references)

Guyana

Guyana has a vast array of exotic and gourmet food products, which have been in high demand in the Caribbean, North America and European markets. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRALIA

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Restrictions: Australia's geographic isolation has allowed it to remain relatively free of exotic diseases. (references)

FRANCE

For instance, French decrees and regulations currently prohibit the import of the following agricultural products: poultry, meat and egg products from countries (including the United States) that use certain feed compounds; products made with enriched flour; exotic meats (e.g., ostrich, emu and alligator); and live crawfish unless authorized by special agreement. (references)

Travel

Russia

Russian food is not exotic to American tastes, and many visitors find such regional cuisine as Caucasian, Georgian, and Uzbek to be interesting contrasts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "exotic": exotic dancer ♦ exotic delicacy ♦ exotic fuel ♦ exotic plants. Additional references.

Beginning with "exotic": exotic-eyed, exotic-looking, exotic-sounding.

Ending with "exotic": deeply-exotic, less-exotic, un-exotic.

Albanian

ekzotik (outlandish), i huaj (alien, extern, external, extraneous, foreign, foreigner, gringo, interlude, outlandish, outside, oversea, overseas, peregrine, strange, stranger, tramontane), gjë ekzotike. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مجلوب, ‏غريب (absurd, alien, anomalous, antic, bizarre, eerie, eery, extraneous, fanciful, foreign, freakish, funny, grotesque, intruder, ludicrous, new, odd, outlandish, outsider, peculiar, potty, quaint, queer, rum, senseless, singular, strange, stranger, tall, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unfamiliar, unnatural, whimsical), ‏شىء غريب جدا, ‏شاذ (aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bastard, bizarre, eccentric, erratic, extraordinary, extravagant, far fetched, freak, intriguing, irregular, monstrous, moonstruck, odd, off beat, outlandish, preternatural, prodigious, queer, rogue, scatty, singular, stupendous, thumping, wild). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чуждестранен (alien, external, foreign, outlandish, Peregrin, strange, tramontane), чуждица (denizen), екзотично растение, екзотичен (recherche). (various references)

Chinese 

异乎寻常 (Exotical), 傀 (grand, puppet, strange). (various references)

Czech

exotický (outlandish). (various references)

Danish

raketbrændstof (exotic fuel, propellant, rocket fuel, rocket propellant). (various references)

Dutch

uitheems (alien, foreign), exotisch. (various references)

Esperanto

ekzotika. (various references)

Faeroese

úr fjarskotnum londum. (various references)

Farsi 

مرموز (Cryptic, Inscrutable, Mysterious, Recondite, Shady, Unaccountable, Unco, Weird), عجیب وغریب (Odd, Oddball, Outlandish, Peculiar, Queer, Quizzical, Rum, Screwy, Unearthly), خوش رنگ , بیگانه (Abroad, Alien, Barbarian, Barbarous, Gringo, Only, Outsider, Strange, Stranger). (various references)

Finnish

rakettipolttoaine (exotic fuel, propellant, rocket fuel, rocket propellant). (various references)

French

exotique. (various references)

German

exotisch. (various references)

Greek 

εξωτικόσ (weird), εξωτικός. (various references)

Hebrew 

יוצא דופן (eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, maverick, signal, singular, unusual), אקזוטי. (various references)

Hungarian

egzotikus. (various references)

Indonesian

eksotik, terasing (alienated, secluded), garib (percullar, strange), asing (alien, different, foreign, odd, strange), aneh-aneh. (various references)

Italian

esotico (outlandish). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, Ecuador, ecumenism, equitable, equity, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, excellent, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, excuse me, executor, exercise, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expression, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

エキゾチック . (various references)

Korean 

이국 (Exotical). (various references)

Manx

andooghyssagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

exoticay.(various references)

Portuguese

exótico (foreign, quaint). (various references)

Romanian

exotic. (various references)

Russian 

экзотический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

egzotična biljka, egzotičan. (various references)

Spanish

raro (curious, Dandy, definite, dignified, dingy, droll, extraordinary, extravagant, few and far between, frothy, funny, ichneumon, infrequent, lead, odd, oddball, oddish, odds-on, outlandishness, peculiar, queerish, quirky, rare, rum, scarce, singular, strange, uncanny, unusual, vintage, weird), exótico (strange). (various references)

Swedish

exotiska, exotisk. (various references)

Thai

มาจากต่างประเทศ. (various references)

Turkish

egzotik (outlandish), yabancı (alien, foreign, foreigner, gook, gringo, outlandish, outsider, peregrine, strange, stranger, tramontane, unfamiliar, unknown, xeno), garip (awkward, bizarre, codger, comical, cranky, crotchety, curious, droll, eccentric, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, far out, freak, freakish, funny, funny peculiar, grotesque, kinky, odd, out of the way, outlandish, poor, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwball, screwy, strange, weirdo, whimsical), başka iklime ait, acayip (antic, bizarre, bughouse, comical, comically, crotchety, curious, droll, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, flaky, freak, freakish, grotesque, incongruous, kinky, kooky, novel, odd, out of the way, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwball, singular, some, splendiferous, strange, uncanny, unco, unusual, weird). (various references)

Ukrainian

чужоземний (alien, barbarian, exterior, outland, outlandish, peregrinate), екзотичний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật từ nước ngoài đưa vào, từ (wording), kỳ cục; đẹp kỳ lạ, cây từ nước ngoài đưa vào vật ngoại lai, cây ngoại lai, ở nước ngoài đưa vào. (various references)

alienigena, alienigenae, alienigenam, alienigenarum, alienigenas, alienigenis, peregrina, peregrinae, peregrinam, peregrini, peregrinis, peregrino, peregrinorum, peregrinos, peregrinum, peregrinus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "exotic": exotica, exotically, exoticism, exoticisms, exoticness, exoticnesses, exotics. (additional references)

Words ending with "exotic": nonexotic, unexotic. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exotic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ebotic, eckstock, ecotax, Ecotec, egoic, epo-tek, esotica, evostick, exaltic, exatic, eximia, Exivi, exobic, exocit, exoite, Exonia, exonic, exot, exotec, exotick, Exotox, exoyic, Expofil, Extacy, extech, Xeltec. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: toxic.

-2 letters: cite, cote, etic, exit, otic.

-3 letters: cot, cox, ice, tic, tie, toe.

-4 letters: et, ex, it, oe, ox, ti, to, xi.

+1 letter: coexist, exciton, excitor, exotica, exotics, toxemic, xerotic.

+2 letters: coexists, exaction, excitons, excitors, exorcist, exoteric, exotoxic, toxaemic, unexotic.

+3 letters: coexisted, convexity, coxitides, endotoxic, exactions, exception, excitonic, excoriate, excretion, execution, exorcists, exoticism, nonexotic, toxicoses, toxigenic.

+4 letters: chemotaxis, coexerting, coexistent, coexisting, commixture, complexity, detoxicant, detoxicate, excavation, exceptions, excerption, excitation, excitatory, excogitate, excoriated, excoriates, excretions, execration, executions, exocytosis, exocytotic, exorcistic, exothermic, exotically, exoticisms, exoticness, explicator, expunction, extinction, extraction, intoxicate, neurotoxic, overexcite, postexilic, toxicities, xenobiotic, xenolithic, xenotropic, xerophytic.