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novelese

novelese noun: a style of writing characteristic of bad-quality novels.

Noun

novelese (uncountable)

  1. A style of writing characteristic of bad-quality novels.

Origin of novelese

From novel + -ese.

Questions about novelese

What does novelese mean?
Novelese means a style of writing characteristic of bad-quality novels.
What part of speech is novelese?
Novelese is a noun.

Words near novelese in the dictionary

  1. novel
  2. novela
  3. novelas
  4. novelcraft
  5. noveldom
  6. novelese
  7. novelesque
  8. novelet
  9. Noveleta
  10. novelets
  11. novelette

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