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Webster 1913 Edition
Exotic
Ex-ot′ic
,Adj.
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign;
as, an
exotic
plant; an exotic
term or word.Nothing was so splendid and
exotic
as the ambassador. Evelyn.
Ex-ot′ic
,Noun.
Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call
exotics
. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exotic
EXOT'IC
,Adj.
EXOT'IC
,Noun.
1.
A word of foreign origin.