Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - exotic
Exotic
exotic
adj. & n. --adj. 1 introduced from or originating in a foreign (esp. tropical) country (exotic fruits). 2 attractively or remarkably strange or unusual; bizarre. 3 (of a fuel, metal, etc.) of a kind newly brought into use. --n. an exotic person or thing. Phrases and idioms exotic dancer a striptease dancer. Derivatives exotically adv. exoticism n. Etymology: L exoticus f. Gk exotikos f. exo outside
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, from Greek exōtikos, from exō Date: 1599 introduced from another country ; not native to the place where found , foreign, alien, strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual , of or relating to striptease , ~ally adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1645 one (as a plant or animal) that is ~, stripteaser, ~ shorthair ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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