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exoticist

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ex⋅ot⋅i⋅cism

[ig-zot-uh-siz-uhm]
–noun
1. tendency to adopt what is exotic.
2. exotic quality or character.
3. anything exotic, as a foreign word or idiom.
Also, ex⋅o⋅tism [eg-zuh-tiz-uhm, ek-suh-] .


Origin:
1820–30; exotic + -ism


ex⋅ot⋅i⋅cist, noun
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