adj. & n.
--adj.
1. introduced from or originating in a foreign (esp. tropical) country (exotic fruits).
2 attractively or remarkably strange or unusual; bizarre.
3 (of a fuel, metal, etc.) of a kind newly brought into use.
--n. an exotic person or thing.
Phrases and idioms:
exotic dancer a striptease dancer.
Derivatives:
exotically adv. exoticism n.
Etymology: L exoticus f. Gk exotikos f. exo outside