Definition of EXOTIC

exotic

Plural: exotics

Adjective Satellite

  • being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
    • "exotic plants in a greenhouse"
    • "exotic cuisine"
  • strikingly strange or unusual
    • "an exotic hair style"
    • "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"
    • "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"

Adj

  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • Non-native to the ecosystem.
  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • extraterrestial, alien
  • Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
  • 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.

Noun

  • Something strikingly unusual or from a foreign country.
  • An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  • An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  • Any exotic particle.

Examples

  • an exotic appearance
  • exotic materials
  • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
  • The Q-without-U word "QI" is truly an exotic on the Scrabble board.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

alien

Scrabble Score: 15

exotic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exotic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exotic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

exotic: valid Words With Friends Word