exotic

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
  2. adjective strikingly strange or unusual

Etymology

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”).

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Synonyms

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