exotic

 
Pronunciation: /ɪgˈzɒtɪk, ɛg-/

adjective

  • originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country: exotic birds they loved to visit exotic places
  • attractive or striking because colourful or out of the ordinary: youths with exotic haircuts (as noun the exotic) there was a touch of the exotic in her appearance
  • (especially of metals or fuels) of a kind not ordinarily encountered; specially produced: exotic chemicals such as oil hydrocarbons

noun

  • an exotic plant or animal: he planted exotics in the sheltered garden

Derivatives

exotically

adverb

exoticism

Pronunciation: /-tɪsɪz(ə)m/
noun

Origin:

late 16th century: via Latin from Greek exōtikos 'foreign', from exō 'outside'