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Soheil1 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Exotic

Hi.
What does 'exotic' mean in:
In one form of the Roman games (the munera), alien and exotic people were put to death by other exotic people or animals.
and how does it differ from 'alien'?

Thanks inadvance
  

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First, have you checked your dictionary? Does it offer no help?
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e.g.: Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.

I've got this from the Oxford Dictionary.
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soheil1What does 'exotic' mean ... how does it differ from 'alien'?
The words strange, exotic, alien, and foreign are all similar in meaning in certain contexts.

As I understand them, 'exotic' emphasizes strangeness or oddity; 'alien' emphasizes unfamiliarity or foreignness.

CJ
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Exotic is from the Greek exo (outside). It generally has a combined connotation of foreign and attractive.

Alien is from the Latin Alius (other) and has a connotation of different or not belonging to this place.
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