xeno-, xen-, -xenic, -xenism, -xenist, -xenous, -xeny
(Greek: foreign, foreigner; alien; strange, stranger; and by extension, guest)
The "x" in xeno- is pronounced "z"; "zeno". Greeks are said to have considered any stranger a "guest" and modern Greek includes xenodocheion a "guest house" or "house for guests" or its modern version of "hotel".
The etymological meaning usually denotes some aspect of a relationship involving guests or visitors of some kind.
xenogenous
xenogeny
xenoglossia
1. In psychic research, the alleged power of a person to communicate with others in a language which he/she has never learned.
2. The knowledge of a language which supposedly has never geen studied by certain people.
xenoglossy
A paranormal phenomenon in which a person is able to speak a language that he or she could not have acquired by natural means.
An example would be a someone who speaks French fluently and like a native, but who has never studied French, never been to a French-speaking country, nor associated with French-speakers; would be considered to be an example of xenoglossy.
xenograft
xenolith
xenologer
Someone who studies the alien itself.
xenology
xenomancy
Divination by observing the first stranger who appears.
xenomania
xenomania, xenomaniac
An insane fancy for or obsessive interest in foreigners or for things foreign.
xenomaniac
xenomenia
xenomorphic
xenomorphosis
Related "foreign, strange" word families:
allotrio-;
barbar-.
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