exotica
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of exotica
1875–80; < Latin, neuter plural of exōticus exotic
Example Sentences
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Instead, the record found inspiration in big-band swing of the 1930s, tropical rhythms of the ’40s and exotica recordings of the ’50s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
It grew out of ELO’s regal rock and Serge Gainsbourg’s loucheness, taking on bits of U.K. trip-hop, midcentury exotica, the Largo scene’s orchestral flourishes and Daft Punk’s talkboxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
But is lab-grown meat really likely to put mammoths, dodos and other exotica on the menu?
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
To hear Puccini’s score as rife with awkward evocations of Asian exotica and stereotypes is, to me, unfair.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Think what Bill Gates, say, would pay for some tendriled, purply lobed piece of Venusian exotica to put in a pot in his greenhouse.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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