exotic Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ex*ot"ic adjective
Etymology
L. exoticus, Gr. fr. outside: cf. F. exotique. See Exoteric.
Definitions
  1. Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
    Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. Evelyn.
Ex*ot"ic noun
Definitions
  1. Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
    Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics. Addison.

Webster 1913