† exoticaladj.
Obsolete.
1. Of foreign origin or growth; imported from abroad; = exotic adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land
un-i-cundeeOE
althedisheOE
althedyOE
elelendisha1000
fremda1000
outlandishOE
strange1297
outenc1300
unkindc1300
outlandsc1330
foreign?1435
outland1488
peregrine1532
uncouth1533
forinsecal1539
exterior1540
extern1543
unnative1568
uplandish1586
external1587
tramontane1596
exotical1601
estranged1614
undenizened1635
extra-marine1639
outlanding1643
ultramarine1656
transmontane1727
forinsec service1728
foreigneering1806
trans-oceanic1827
vilayati1843
alienized1860
oversea1881
overwater1889
overseas1892
furrin1895
non-native1932
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. xxiv. 137 We may both preserve and recover our health..without these exoticall and forein drugs.
1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice ii. ix. 254 Most of them [certain canonized Heroes] are exotical (which is the reason of their strangeness in the Greek).
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 309 This Word, Ἀθηνᾶ..was not originally Greekish but Exotical.
2. Of or pertaining to foreigners, or a foreign country; foreign; hence barbarous, outlandish, strange; = exotic adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > strange > and foreign
WelsheOE
exotical1608
exotic1629
extraneousc1750
Arabian-night1808
1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. viii Many..have brought nothing from forraine countries, but mishapen cloathes, or exoticall gestures.
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. xvi. 207 Nor did we ever intend to affixe those exoticall positions of unsound teachers..upon her.
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 51 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Of the same Colour and Complexion with some Sectary exotical Tenets.
Derivatives
eˈxotically adv. in an exotic, foreign, or outlandish manner.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adverb] > in or to foreign land(s) > in foreign manner
foreignly1654
exotically1670
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > in a strange manner > and foreign
strangely1483
exotically1947
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 190 A great traine of horsemen and trumpeters, clad exotically.
1947 ‘W. Targ’ Carrousel for Bibliophiles 398 Arthur Morrison's exotically titled The Green Eye of Goona..was transmuted by the American publisher—and one wonders why—into The Green Diamond.
ΚΠ
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exoticalness, Outlandishness. [whence in mod. Dicts.]
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