different between exotic vs interesting

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin ex?ticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (ex?tikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ???- (ex?-, “outside”), from ?? (ex, “out of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)

1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

   • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
2. Non-native to the ecosystem.
3. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

Derived terms

Related terms

• exotica

Translations

Noun

exotic (plural exotics)

1. (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
   • c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys

     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.

2. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
3. (physics) Any exotic particle.

Derived terms

• invasive exotic

Translations

Further reading

• Exotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Exotic in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• coxite, excito-

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ex?ticus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exotic m (feminine singular exotica, masculine plural exotics, feminine plural exoticas)

1. exotic

Romanian

Etymology

From French exotique, from Latin exoticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??zo.tik/

Adjective

exotic m or n (feminine singular exotic?, masculine plural exotici, feminine and neuter plural exotice)

1. exotic

Declension

English

Etymology

From interest +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nt??st??/, /??nt??st??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt???st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt???st??/
• ,

Adjective

interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)

1. (obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important.
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 48:

     He indeed had good reason to be offended; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good, he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy, which had been entrusted to him in conference […] .

2. Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
   • 2015-11-22, Stan Lee, "Marvel's Stan Lee: 'I'd never really thought of doing comics for a living.'", The Guardian:

     Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day.

3. (euphemistic) Pregnant. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H—n, not without great reluctance […] .

   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:

     Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.

   • 1928, WB Maxwell, We Forget Because We Must:

     I'm afraid I seem to make heavy weather of my interesting condition.

Synonyms

• absorbing

Antonyms

• uninteresting
• boring

Derived terms

• interesting condition
• interestingly
• interestingness

Translations

Verb

interesting

1. present participle of interest