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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: exoticus, from Greek exotikos, from exo 'outside'

exotic

 adjective
     
ex‧ot‧ic
something that is exotic seems unusual and interesting because it is related to a foreign country - use this to show approval:
exotic birds
exotic places
—exotically adverb
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