■ adjective
1》 belonging to a foreign country.
↘(of a plant or animal species) introduced from another country and later naturalized.
2》 unfamiliar and distasteful.
3》 relating to or denoting beings from other worlds.
■ noun
1》 a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.
↘an ~ plant or animal species.
2》 a being from another world.
Derivatives
~age noun
~ness noun
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. ~us 'belonging to another', from alius 'other'.