/ˈnɒvəl/, [ˈnɒvl̩], /ˈnɑvəl/
OriginFrom Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.
- Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
- A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
“If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy. Fifty years ago there was ſcarcely a Novel in th”
“Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I ”
- historicalA fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
“merry tales[…]such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are we”
- obsoleteA novelty; something new.
“Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle.”
- historicalA new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
“The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]”
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