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Novel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Novel? [n] a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels" [n] a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story [adj] pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" [adj] of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Novel: fresh \| new \| original \| refreshing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Novel: authentic \| avant-garde \| bauble \| best seller \| bibelot \| Bildungsroman \| blockbuster \| book \| bound book \| classic \| coloring book \| comic novel \| creative \| curio \| definitive work \| detective novel \| different \| dime novel \| dreadful \| epistolary novel \| erotic novel \| firsthand \| folio \| fresh \| gewgaw \| gimcrack \| Gothic novel \| great work \| hardback \| historical novel \| imaginative \| juvenile \| juvenile book \| limp-cover book \| magnum opus \| modern \| modernistic \| narrative \| neoteric \| new \| newfangled \| new-fashioned \| nonbook \| notebook \| nouvelle \| novel of character \| novel of ideas \| novel of incident \| novel of manners \| novel of sensibility \| novelette \| novella \| odd \| opus \| opuscule \| opusculum \| original \| paperback \| peculiar \| penny dreadful \| picaresque novel \| picture book \| playbook \| pocket book \| pornographic novel \| prayer book \| problem novel \| production \| proletarian novel \| propaganda novel \| psalmbook \| psalter \| psychological novel \| publication \| recent \| regional novel \| revolutionary \| river novel \| roman \| roman a clef \| romance \| roman-fleuve \| satirical novel \| science-fiction novel \| sentimental novel \| serial \| shilling shocker \| short story \| short-short \| singular \| sketchbook \| sociological novel \| soft-cover \| songbook \| special \| standard work \| storiette \| story \| storybook \| strange \| stream-of-consciousness novel \| tale \| thesis novel \| title \| tome \| trade book \| trifle \| trinket \| uncommon \| unconventional \| underived \| unfamiliar \| unheard-of \| unique \| untested \| untried \| unusual \| vignette \| volume \| whatnot \| work \| writing See Also \| book \| detective novel \| dime novel \| fiction \| mystery novel \| novelette \| novella \| penny dreadful \| roman a clef \| roman fleuve \| romance \| volume Novel In Webster's Dictionary \Nov"el\, a. [OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See {New}.] Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. Note: In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors. {Novel assignment} (Law), a new assignment or specification of a suit. Syn: New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare; unusual. Usage: {Novel}, {New} . Everything at its first occurrence is new; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound. \Nov"el\, n. [F. nouvelle. See {Novel}, a.] 1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty. 2. pl. News; fresh tidings. [Obs.] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. --Latimer. 3. A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love. --Dryden. 4. [L. novellae (sc. constitutiones): cf. F. novelles.] (Law) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under {Novel}, a.

Novel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Novel?

[n] a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"
[n] a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
[adj] pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
[adj] of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Novel: fresh | new | original | refreshing

Novel In Webster's Dictionary

\Nov"el\, a. [OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L.
novellus, dim. of novus new. See {New}.]
Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence,
out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Note: In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those
      which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in
      time to the other books. These contained new decrees of
      successive emperors.

{Novel assignment} (Law), a new assignment or specification
   of a suit.

Syn: New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare;
     unusual.

Usage: {Novel}, {New} . Everything at its first occurrence is
       new; that is novel which is so much out of the
       ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is
       a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that
       is a novel sight which either was never seen before or
       is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but
       a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of
       attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with
       distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than
       sound.


\Nov"el\, n. [F. nouvelle. See {Novel}, a.]
1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

2. pl. News; fresh tidings. [Obs.]

         Some came of curiosity to hear some novels.
                                               --Latimer.

3. A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed
   to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation
   of the passions, and particularly of love. --Dryden.

4. [L. novellae (sc. constitutiones): cf. F. novelles.] (Law)
   A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under
   {Novel}, a.

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