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no⋅vel⋅la

  [noh-vel-uh]
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–noun, plural -vel⋅las, -vel⋅le  [-vel-ee, -vel-ey] .
1. a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
2. a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.
Origin:
1900–05; < It; see novel 1
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no·vel·la   (nō-věl'ə)   
n.   pl. no·vel·las or no·vel·le (-věl'ē, -věl'ā)

  1. A short prose tale often characterized by moral teaching or satire.

  2. A short novel.


[Italian; see novel1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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