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novelty
[ nov-uhl-tee ]
noun
- state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness:
the novelty of a new job.
- a novel occurrence, experience, or proceeding:
His sarcastic witticisms had ceased being an entertaining novelty.
- an article of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, or the like and whose appeal is often transitory:
a store catering to tourists who loaded up with souvenir pennants and other novelties.
adjective
- Textiles.
- (of a weave) consisting of a combination of basic weaves.
- (of a fabric or garment) having a pattern or design produced by a novelty weave.
- (of yarn) having irregularities within the fibrous structure.
- of or relating to novelties as articles of trade:
novelty goods; novelty items.
- having or displaying novelties:
novelty shop.
novelty
/ ˈnɒvəltɪ /
noun
- the quality of being new and fresh and interesting
- ( as modifier )
novelty value
- a new or unusual experience or occurrence
- often plural a small usually cheap new toy, ornament, or trinket
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of novelty1
Example Sentences
Blue Q is the champion of socks with novelty sayings to delight anyone looking for a bit of fun in their footwear.
It’s more of a novelty to see the candidates together on stage for the first time.
If you are looking for a fun cover that’s still a little more sophisticated than a novelty notebook with a quippy saying, then this journal from Keegood could be the right way to go.
He still envisions a world where internal combustion engines only exist as novelties.
We are wired to enjoy novelty—it makes us feel good and happy.
“The novelty of David Duke has worn off,” said Scalise then.
Novelty aside, the real question is whether these avowedly chaste men of the cloth are listening.
Not even the hawkiest neo-conservative is calling for war, a novelty in recent American history.
The appeal of Bitcoin lies in part in its novelty and techy-ness.
For them, novelty and naughtiness were the ultimate aphrodisiacs.
One of the strongest objections against the use of the "Indian novelty" was its ruinous cost at this period.
And now commenced a life of seclusion and retirement, which both of them enjoyed from its very novelty.
And Egypt was for her a complete novelty, and a novelty bringing health, and a feeling almost of youth.
A unique novelty was the Contra Trombone on the Pedal of 64 feet actual length.
At all events, it had the refreshing charm of novelty: there was the fishing, and the King's Warren trout stream was a good one.
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