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nov⋅el⋅ty
[nov-uh
l-tee] 
noun, plural -ties, adjective –noun
| 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. |
–adjective
| 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. |
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| nov·el·ty (nŏv'əl-tē) n. pl. nov·el·ties
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Novelty
Nov"el*ty\, n.; pl. Novelties. [OF. novelt['e], F. nouveaut['e], L. novellitas.]1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South. 2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.
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Language Translation for : novelty
Spanish:
novedad,
German:
die Neuheit,
Japanese:
新奇さ
novelty
1382, from O.Fr. novelté "newness," from novel "new" (see novel (adj.)). Meaning "newness" is attested from 1398; sense of "useless but amusing object" is attested from 1901 (e.g. novelty shop, 1973).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: nov·el·ty
Pronunciation: 'nä-v&l-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the quality or state of being new : quality of being different from anything in prior existence
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