- 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
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nov•el•ty /ˈnɑvəlti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties, adj.
n.
adj. [before a noun]
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- the state or quality of being novel:[uncountable]brought novelty to the old way of doing business.
- [countable] a novel event, occurrence, experience, etc.
- [countable] a small, cheap, decorative or amusing article, usually mass-produced.
adj. [before a noun]
- of or relating to novelties as articles of trade:some cheap little novelty items.
nov•el•ty
(nov′əl tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj.
n.
adj.
n.
- 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.
adj.
- 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 pertaining to novelties as articles of trade:novelty goods; novelty items.
- having or displaying novelties:novelty shop.
- Late Latin novellitās newness. See novel2, -ity
- Middle French novelete
- Middle English novelte 1350–1400
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novelty /ˈnɒvəltɪ/ n ( pl -ties)