novelty
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novelty¹
- /ˈnɑvəlti/ US
- /ˈnɒvəlti/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus. By surface analysis, novel + -ty.
noun novelties
- The state of being new or novel; newness. It was by no means pleasant to realize that there was an unknown number of menaces up there over your head, quietly circling and circling until someone should arrange for them to drop - and that there was nothing to be done about them. Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully short-li
- A new product; an innovation. Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.
- A small mass-produced trinket. One released image shows Trump with six women with leis whose faces were redacted by committee members, while another depicts what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face with the text, “I’m HUUUUGE!” The condoms – shown in a bowl with a “Trump condom $4.50” sign –
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
- An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess). Topalov has unveiled some interesting novelties lately, but there was nothing unusual in his opening here. Sasikiran played the Nimzo-Indian, and Topalov replied with probably the most classical continuation.
adjective
- In the design of a common household item, often impractically large, and meant primarily for display rather than functional use. My novelty calculator works fine but it hurts my hands to press the keys.
Novelty²
Where it comes from
Named in the 1850s after the novelty goods sold by a local merchant.
proper noun
- A village in Missouri.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: freshness, gewgaw, gaud, bauble, trinket, bangle, fallal, novel, newness, new, fresh, originality, innovation, innovativeness, imaginative, state-of-the-art
Translations
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noun state of being new
| Español | novedad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신기함 sin'giham |
| 日本語 | 珍しさ mezurashisa, 斬新さ zanshin sa |
| 中文 | 新奇 xīnqí |
| हिन्दी | नवीनता navīntā, नूतनता nūtantā, अनोखापन anokhāpan |
| Português | novidade |
| Français | nouveauté |
| Deutsch | Neuheit, Neuartigkeit |
| Italiano | novità |
| Română | noutate |
| Русский | новизна́ novizná |
noun new product
| Español | novedad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 新しいもの atarashii mono |
| हिन्दी | नवीन navīn |
| Português | novidade |
| Français | nouveauté |
| Deutsch | Neuheit, neues Produkt, Krimskrams |
| Italiano | novità |
| Ελληνικά | καινοτομία kainotomía |
| Русский | нови́нка novínka |
Talk about this word "novelty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/novelty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. novelty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/novelty "novelty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/novelty.Cite this
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title = {novelty},
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