exotic
adjective /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk/
- from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it seems to be connected with foreign countries
- brightly-coloured exotic flowers/plants/birds
- She travels to all kinds of exotic locations all over the world.
- The fruits sound exotic. Do they taste good?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExotic is used with these nouns:- animal
- beast
- beauty
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’.