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əl 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 ).
Related forms
nov·el·like, adjective
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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.
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novel1 (ˈnɒvəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story |
| 2. | the novel the literary genre represented by novels |
| 3. | obsolete (usually plural) a short story or novella, as one of those in the Decameron of Boccaccio |
| [C15: from Old French novelle, from Latin novella (narrātiō) new (story); see | |
| novel2 (ˈnɒvəl) | |
| —adj | |
| of a kind not seen before; fresh; new; original: a novel suggestion | |
| [C15: from Latin novellus new, diminutive of novus new] | |
| 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).
novel
"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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Example sentences
It was quite the novel experience.
Unfortunately, this insane story isn't a tale from a science-fiction novel.
Dogged to the final deadline, he also made some more-general notes about that novel's author.
For what is a novel but a story that fills its sails with these winds,
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