novelty
Syllables: nov·el·tyUK/ˈnɒvəlti//ˈnɑvəlti/
novelty noun: the state of being new or novel; newness.
Noun
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- It was by no means pleasant to realize that there was an unknown number of menaces up there over your head, quietly circling and circling until someone should arrange for them to drop - and that there was nothing to be done about them. Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully...1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 28
- Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2012
- A new product; an innovation.
- Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- One released image shows Trump with six women with leis whose faces were redacted by committee members, while another depicts what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face with the text, “I’m HUUUUGE!” The condoms – shown in a bowl with a “Trump condom $4.50” sign –...2025 December 12, Kaitlan Collins, Annie Grayer, “New photos released from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people”, in CNN
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
- An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
- Topalov has unveiled some interesting novelties lately, but there was nothing unusual in his opening here. Sasikiran played the Nimzo-Indian, and Topalov replied with probably the most classical continuation.2007 May 27, Dylan Loeb Mcclain, “What Defines the Very Best? For Topalov, It's Fearlessness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- It's not often a novelty comes as early as move seven nowadays, but in the latest round of the German Bundesliga, a recently discovered seventh move was employed to win a lovely game.2012 December 18, Malcolm Pein, “Bundesliga chess revelation”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023
Adjective
novelty (not comparable)
- In the design of a common household item, often impractically large, and meant primarily for display rather than functional use.
- My novelty calculator works fine but it hurts my hands to press the keys.
- The fundraisers presented us with an oversize novelty cheque.
Proper noun capitalized: Novelty
Novelty
novelty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
novelty in Hindi
- state of being new
- नवीनता navīntā, नूतनता nūtantā, अनोखापन anokhāpan
- new product
- नवीन navīn
novelty in Tamil
- புதுமை, நவீனம், நூதனம், அபூருவம், விசித்திரம், புதினம்
novelty in Urdu
- novelty
- ابداع ibdā'
novelty in Bengali
- novelty, newness
- নতুনত্ব notuntto
More languagesFewer languages
- novelty in Malayalam
- പുതുമ, അസാധാരണത്വം, കൗതുകം
- novelty in Kannada
- ನಾವೀನ್ಯ, ನವೀನತೆ, ಹೊಸತನ, ನವ್ಯತೆ
- novelty in Sanskrit
- नवता navatā, वार्त्ता vārttā
- novelty in Persian
- نوی novi, تازگی tâzegi
Examples of novelty in a sentence
- Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully short-lived thing.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 28:
- Nepomniachtchi was only a wildcard, yet played with full force including an interesting novelty in the much analysed Berlin Wall Ruy Lopez.2021 June 25, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on No 1 junior, No 1 woman and No 1 rival on same afternoon”, in The Guardian, archived...
Forms of novelty
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Origin of novelty
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus. By surface analysis, novel + -ty.
Named in the 1850s after the novelty goods sold by a local merchant.
Words formed from novelty
Phrases with novelty
Questions about novelty
- What does novelty mean?
- Novelty means the state of being new or novel; newness.
- What is novelty in Hindi?
- Novelty in Hindi is नवीनता (navīntā), नूतनता (nūtantā), अनोखापन (anokhāpan). See Novelty meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use novelty in a sentence?
- Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully short-lived thing.
- What part of speech is novelty?
- Novelty can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce novelty?
- Novelty is pronounced /ˈnɑvəlti/ (US).
- What is the plural of novelty?
- The plural of novelty is novelties.
Words near novelty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: novelty (page history and authors); Novelty (page history and authors); novelty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابداع (Urdu) (page history and authors); নতুনত্ব (Bengali) (page history and authors); novelty (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novelty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नवता (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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