About The Word Novelty

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Novelty

Novelty Meaning & Definition
Novelty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Novelty?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Novelty: bangle | bauble | fallal | freshness | freshness | gaud | gewgaw | trinket

Related Terms | Find terms related to Novelty: 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

See Also | originality | originality | stuff | sundries | sundry | whatchamacallit | whatsis

Novelty In Webster's Dictionary

\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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