[nov-uh
l-tee] 
noun, plural -ties, adjective | 1. | state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job. |
| 2. | a novel occurrence, experience, or proceeding: His sarcastic witticisms had ceased being an entertaining novelty. |
| 3. | an article of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, or the like and whose appeal is often transitory: a store catering to tourists who loaded up with souvenir pennants and other novelties. |
| 4. | Textiles.
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| 5. | of or pertaining to novelties as articles of trade: novelty goods; novelty items. |
| 6. | having or displaying novelties: novelty shop. |
| nov·el·ty (nŏv'əl-tē) n. pl. nov·el·ties
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