novel
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
novel1
▶noun a fictitious prose narrative of book length.
– origin C16: from Ital. novella (storia) ‘new (story)’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
novel2
▶adjective interestingly new or unusual.
– derivatives
novelly adverb.
novelly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. novellus, from novus ‘new’.
'novel' also found in these Oxford entries:
arc
- art form
- Babbitt
- base
- Bildungsroman
- bodice-ripper
- bonkbuster
- catch-22
- character
- claim
- comedy of manners
- deus ex machina
- different
- dime novel
- doublespeak
- doublethink
- dramatis personae
- dramatize
- Fauntleroy
- flashback
- Frankenstein
- gothic novel
- graphic novel
- Lolita
- man Friday
- mystery
- nouveau roman
- novelette
- novelize
- novella
- novelty
- original
- Pantagruelian
- plot
- policier
- protagonist
- psychodrama
- Rambo
- receive
- roman-à-clef
- roman-fleuve
- rough
- satire
- scenario
- Scrooge
- set piece
- short story
- space opera
