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noun
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; < Italian novella (storia) new kind of story. See novel2
1560–70; < Italian novella (storia) new kind of story. See novel2
Related forms
nov·el·like, adjective
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Novel
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Example Sentences
- My current novel, which has been well received took ten years of research and five years of real work.
- In other words, the novel has ceased to be a mirror of life and manners.
- The novel is a brilliant image of a national psychosis.
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noun
1.
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; < Late Latin novella (constitūtiō) a new (regulation, order). See novel2
1605–15; < Late Latin novella (constitūtiō) a new (regulation, order). See novel2
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World English Dictionary
| novel3 (ˈnɒvəl) | |
| —n | |
| Roman law See also Novels a new decree or an amendment to an existing statute | |
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Word Origin & History
novel
"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).
EXPANDnovel
"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.
"A novel is like a violin bow; the box which gives off the sounds is the soul of the reader." [Stendhal, "Life of Henri Brulard"]Novelist "writer of novels" is 1728, infl. by It. novellista.
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Cultural Dictionary
novel definition
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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