# exotic
## 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: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/
* Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

### Adjective

exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)
* 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.
** Non-native to the ecosystem.
** extraterrestial, alien
    exotic materials
* (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
* (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

* cryptoexotic
* exotically
* exotic atom
* exotic baryon
* exotic cheroot
* exotic dancer
* exotic hadron
* exoticisation
* exoticise
* exoticism
* exoticist
* exoticity
* exoticization
* exoticize
* exotic meson
* exoticness
* exotic sphere
* exotic star
* exotify
* nonexotic
* unexotic

#### Related terms

* exotica

#### Translations

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### Noun

exotic (plural exotics)
* (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.
* An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
* (physics) Any exotic particle.
    Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

#### Derived terms

* invasive exotic

#### Translations
### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Texico, excito-, coxite

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin exōticus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French exotique, from Latin exoticus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡˈzo.tik/

### Adjective

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