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adj
In the design of a common household item, often impractically large, and meant primarily for display rather than functional use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A village in Missouri.
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noun
The state of being new or novel; newness.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A new product; an innovation.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A small mass-produced trinket.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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noun
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, fallal, trinket
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Broader terms: adornment
noun
a small inexpensive mass-produced article
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: knickknack
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Broader terms: article
noun
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
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Synonyms: freshness
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Broader terms: originality
noun
originality by virtue of being new and surprising
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Synonyms: freshness
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Broader terms: originality
History
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus. By surface analysis, novel + -ty.
Named in the 1850s after the novelty goods sold by a local merchant.
Across languages
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
