word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/exotic.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "exotic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it seems to be connected with other countries",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "brightly-coloured **exotic flowers/plants/birds**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She travels to all kinds of exotic locations all over the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fruits sound exotic. Do they taste good?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/",
                "audio": "ex/exotic/exotic__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk/",
                "audio": "ex/exotic/exotic__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’."
}