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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).

[Origin: 1560–70; < It novella (storia) new kind of story. See novel²

]

—Related forms

nov·el·like, adjective

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of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME (< MF, OF) < L novellus fresh, young, novel, dim. of novus new

]

—Synonyms See new.

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Roman Law.

a.	an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials.

b.	Usually, Novels, imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.

2.	Civil Law. an amendment to a statute.

[Origin: 1605–15; < LL novella (constitūtiō) a new (regulation, order). See novel²

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A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
The literary genre represented by novels.

[Ultimately from Italian novella, from Old Italian, piece of news, chit-chat, tale, from Vulgar Latin *novella, from neuter pl. of Latin novellus, diminutive of novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]

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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.

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novel (adj.)

"new, strange, unusual," c.1420, but little used before 1600, from M.Fr. novel "new, fresh, recent" (Fr. nouveau, fem. nouvelle), from O.Fr., from L. novellus "new, young, recent," dim. of novus "new" (see new).

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novel (n.)

"fictitious narrative," 1566, from It. novella "short story," originally "new story," from L. novella "new things" (cf. M.Fr. novelle, Fr. nouvelle), neut. pl. or fem. of novellus (see novel (adj.)). Originally "one of the tales or short stories in a collection" (esp. Boccaccio), later (1643) "long work of fiction," works which had before that been called romances. Novelist "writer of novels" is 1728, infl. by It. novellista.

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adjective
1.	original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" [syn: fresh]
2.	pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
noun
1.	an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
2.	a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"

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novel [ˈnovəl] noun

a book telling a long story in prose
Example: the novels of Charles Dickens

Arabic:	رِوايَه
Chinese (Simplified):	小说
Chinese (Traditional):	小說
Czech:	román
Danish:	roman
Dutch:	roman
Estonian:	romaan
Finnish:	romaani
French:	roman
German:	der Roman
Greek:	μυθιστόρημα
Hungarian:	regény
Icelandic:	skáldsaga
Indonesian:	novel
Japanese:	小説

Korean:	소설
Latvian:	romāns
Lithuanian:	romanas
Norwegian:	roman
Polish:	powieść
Portuguese (Brazil):	romance
Portuguese (Portugal):	romance
Romanian:	roman
Russian:	роман
Slovak:	román
Slovenian:	roman
Spanish:	novela
Swedish:	roman
Turkish:	roman

novel [ˈnovəl] adjective

new and strange
Example: a novel idea

Arabic:	جَديد وَغريب
Chinese (Simplified):	新奇的, 异常的
Chinese (Traditional):	新奇的, 異常的
Czech:	nový, nezvyklý
Danish:	ny; hidtil ukendt
Dutch:	verrassend
Estonian:	uudne
Finnish:	uusi
French:	original
German:	neuartig
Greek:	νέος, πρωτότυπος, πρωτόγνωρος
Hungarian:	újszerű
Icelandic:	nÿr; frumlegur, nÿstárlegur
Indonesian:	baru
Japanese:	新奇な

Korean:	새로운, 신기한
Latvian:	jauns; nebijis
Lithuanian:	naujas, neįprastas
Norwegian:	ny, uvanlig, original
Polish:	nowatorski
Portuguese (Brazil):	insólito
Portuguese (Portugal):	novo
Romanian:	inedit
Russian:	новый; необычный
Slovak:	nezvyklý
Slovenian:	izviren
Spanish:	novedoso, original
Swedish:	nymodig, hittills okänd
Turkish:	yeni ve farklı, alışılmamış

See also: novelist, novelty

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novel

A long, fictional narration in prose. Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn are novels, as are War and Peace and Lord of the Flies.

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Novel

New\, a. [Compar. Newer; superl. Newest.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n?r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. ?, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]

1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." --Chaucer.

2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.

3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.

4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.

Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. --Bacon.

5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. --Addison.

6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.

7. Fresh from anything; newly come.

New from her sickness to that northern air. --Dryden.

New birth. See under Birth.

New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.

New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.

New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.

New light. (Zo["o]l.) See Crappie.

New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23.

New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.

New style. See Style.

New testament. See under Testament.

New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.

Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.

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2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.

3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.

4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.

Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. --Bacon.

5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. --Addison.

6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.

7. Fresh from anything; newly come.

New from her sickness to that northern air. --Dryden.

New birth. See under Birth.

New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.

New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.

New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.

New light. (Zo["o]l.) See Crappie.

New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.

New style. See Style.

New testament. See under Testament.

New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.

Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.

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