EXOTIC

I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, from Greek exōtikos, from exō Date: 1599 introduced from another country ; not native to the place where found , foreign , alien , strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual , of or relating to striptease , ~ally adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1645 one (as a plant or animal) that is ~, stripteaser , ~ shorthair