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Webster 1913 Edition


Exotic

Ex-ot′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
exoticus
, Gr. [GREEK] fr.
ἔξω
outside: cf. F.
exotique
. See
Exoteric
.]
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.
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 1828 Edition


Exotic

EXOT'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. without.] Foreign; pertaining to or produced in a foreign country; not native; extraneous; as an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.

EXOT'IC

,
Noun.
A plant, shrub or tree not native; a plant produced in a foreign country.
1.
A word of foreign origin.

Definition 2024


exòtic

exòtic

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Adjective

exòtic m (feminine exòtica, masculine plural exòtics, feminine plural exòtiques)

  1. exotic