exotic

²exotic

noun

Definition of EXOTIC

1

: one (as a plant or animal) that is exotic

2

: stripteaser

3

: exotic shorthair

Examples of EXOTIC

1. Some native species are being crowded out by exotics.
2. <the botanical garden boasts an array of horticultural exotics from around the world>

First Known Use of EXOTIC

1645

Related to EXOTIC

Synonyms: curio, curiosity, objet d'art (also objet), oddity, oddment, rarity

Related Words: found object, objet trouvé; curiosa, ephemera, virtu (or vertu); marvel, prodigy, rara avis, rare bird, wonder; abnormality, anomaly, freak, monster, monstrosity; malformation, mutant, mutation

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Rhymes with EXOTIC

aquatic, erotic, hypnotic, narcotic, neurotic, psychotic, sclerotic