EXOTICとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/, [ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk]
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/, /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
• 韻: -ɒtɪk

形容詞

exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)

1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

   an exotic appearance

   • 1682 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 24 November 1682]”, 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, →OCLC:

     Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “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. […]”

   • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

     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.

   1. Non-native to the ecosystem.
   2. extraterrestial, alien

      exotic materials

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.
4. (veterinary medicine) Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
5. (Of a pet) Unsual to keep or undomesticated.

派生語

関連する語

• exotica

名詞

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.

   Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

派生語

• invasive exotic

Further reading

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

アナグラム

• Texico, excito-, coxite