exotic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   strikingly strange or unusual

   an exotic hair style

2. 2
   adj

   Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

   an exotic appearance

3. 3
   noun

   A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   Any exotic particle.

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

5. 5
   adj

   being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

6. 6
   adj

   Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

7. 7
   adj

   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.

8. 8
   adj

   Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare

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”).