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Novelty definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOV'ELTY, n. Newness; recentness of origin or introduction.
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn: freshness, novelty]
2: originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn: novelty, freshness]
3: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: knickknack, novelty]
4: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English novelte, from Anglo-French novelté, from novel Date: 14th century 1. something new or unusual 2. the quality or state of being novel ; newness 3. a small manufactured article intended mainly for personal or household adornment — usually used in plural 4. something (as a song or food item) that provides often fleeting amusement and is often based on a theme — often used attributively

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a newness; new character. b originality. 2 a new or unusual thing or occurrence. 3 a small toy or decoration etc. of novel design. 4 (attrib.) having novelty (novelty toys). Etymology: ME f. OF novelté (as NOVEL(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Novelty Nov"el*ty, n.; pl. Novelties. [OF. novelt['e], F. nouveaut['e], L. novellitas.] 1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South. 2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(novelties) 1. Novelty is the quality of being different, new, and unusual. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism. N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n 2. A novelty is something that is new and therefore interesting. It came from the days when a motor car was a novelty. N-COUNT 3. Novelties are cheap toys, ornaments, or other objects that are sold as presents or souvenirs. At Easter, we give them plastic eggs filled with small toys, novelties and coins. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

advance guard, authenticity, avant-garde, bauble, brand-newness, callowness, craze, creativeness, creativity, dewiness, fad, faddiness, faddishness, faddism, faddist, freshness, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, gloss of novelty, greenness, immaturity, innovation, innovativeness, intactness, inventiveness, kickshaw, lateness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, maidenhood, mint condition, new look, newbornness, newfangled device, newfangledness, newfangleness, newness, nonimitation, novelness, nowness, originality, ornament, plaything, presentness, pristineness, rage, rawness, recency, recentness, strangeness, the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, toy, trifle, trinket, uncommonness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, unusualness, vanguard, virginity, wrinkle