Meaning of NOVELTY
| Pronunciation: | | 'nâvultee
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- [n] cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing
- [n] originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
- [n] originality by virtue of being new and surprising
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| | Synonyms: | | bangle, bauble, fallal, freshness, freshness, gaud, gewgaw, trinket |
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| | See Also: | | originality, originality, stuff, sundries, sundry, whatchamacallit, whatsis | |
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| | Definition: | | Novelty
A collection of four fantasy novellas includes Why the Nightingale Sings at Night, Great Work of Time, In Blue, and Novelty--all of which ponder travel, time, and other world mysteries more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nov"el*ty\, n.; pl. {Novelties}. [OF. novelt['e], F.
nouveaut['e], L. novellitas.]
1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness;
recentness of origin or introduction.
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South.
2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.
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| | Related Terms: | | advance guard, authenticity, avant-garde, bauble, brand-newness, callowness, craze, creativeness, creativity, dewiness, fad, faddiness, faddishness, faddism, faddist, freshness, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, gloss of novelty, greenness, immaturity, innovation, innovativeness, intactness, inventiveness, kickshaw, lateness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, maidenhood, mint condition, new look, newbornness, newfangled device, newfangledness, newfangleness, newness, nonimitation, novelness, nowness, originality, ornament, plaything, presentness, pristineness, rage, rawness, recency, recentness, strangeness, the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, toy, trifle, trinket, uncommonness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, unusualness, vanguard, virginity, wrinkle |
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