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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

aggettivo

1
Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
an exotic appearance
Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
2
Foreign, especially in an exciting way. Non-native to the ecosystem.
3
Foreign, especially in an exciting way. extraterrestial, alien
exotic materials
4
Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
5
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.
6
Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
7
Unusual to keep or undomesticated.

Etimologia

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”).

sostantivo

1
An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.
2
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.
3
An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
4
Any exotic particle.
Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

Forme

plurale: exotics
comparativo: more exotic
superlativo: most exotic

exit · An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.exits · Income, returns, revenue.exorcism · The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons,…

exotic · Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

expand · To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger…expansion · An act, process, or instance of expanding.expect · To predict or believe that something will happen

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.