Meaning & use
exotic
Originating in or typical of a distant, unfamiliar country, and therefore strikingly unusual or colorful.
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The market sold exotic spices that filled the whole street with fragrance.
Their honeymoon took them to an exotic island few of their friends had heard of.
A note on using this word
Exotic implies a pleasant sense of novelty; it is rarely used for something foreign but ordinary or unwelcome.
Words with a similar meaning
foreignunfamiliar
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