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| 1. | a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. |
| 2. | (formerly) novella (def. 1). |
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| 2. | Civil Law. an amendment to a statute. |
nov·el 2 (nŏv'əl) adj. Strikingly new, unusual, or different. See Synonyms at new. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin novellus, diminutive of novus; see newo- in Indo-European roots.] nov'el·ly adv. |
A long, fictional narration in prose. Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn are novels, as are War and Peace and Lord of the Flies.