Definition of "exotic"

exotic

/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

adjective
comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic
1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  Quotations
  Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
  1682 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819
  “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”
  1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Tremarn Case‎
  Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
  2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55
  1. Non-native to the ecosystem.
  2. extraterrestial, alien
2. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
3. (gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
noun
plural exotics
1. (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  Quotations
  There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.
  c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
2. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
3. (physics) Any exotic particle.