EXOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exotic mean? 

• EXOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective EXOTIC has 2 senses:

1. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

2. strikingly strange or unusual

  Familiarity information: EXOTIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

Synonyms:

alien; exotic

Context example:

exotic cuisine

Similar:

foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)

Derivation:

exoticness (the quality of being exotic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strikingly strange or unusual

Context example:

the exotic landscape of a dead planet

Similar:

strange; unusual (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird)

Derivation:

exoticness (the quality of being exotic)

 Context examples 

Those exoplanets not fitting the mold could have exotic chemical compositions or unanticipated heat and circulation patterns.

(Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters, NASA/JPL)

Many of these exotic worlds belong to a class known as "hot Jupiters."

(Investigating the Mystery of Migrating 'Hot Jupiters', NASA)

The New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic snowcapped mountains stretching across the dark expanse on Pluto informally named Cthulhu Regio.

(Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks, NASA)

He led a study of this exotic exoplanet.

(ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron, ESO)

If true, it would mean that the observed positron excess must have a more exotic explanation.

(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)

We already know that about its geology and exotic hydrocarbon cycle.

(Dust Storms on Titan Spotted for the First Time, NASA)

The newly discovered behavior is important because quantum materials with very large spin-orbit interaction are popular candidates for new materials and exotic superconductivity.

(Iridium 'loses its identity' when interfaced with nickel, National Science Foundation)

This flies in the face of the "alien megastructure" idea and the other more exotic speculations.

(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)

You might choose to go to a sophisticated city like Paris, or an exotic island like St. Barts, as two examples.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

From 1958 to 1962, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. ran high-altitude tests with exotic code names like Starfish, Argus and Teak.

(Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity, NASA)