Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.
[1913 Webster]
3. A small mass-produced article of little value; a
knickknack.
Syn: knickknack.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
novelty
n 1: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn:
{freshness}, {novelty}]
2: originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn:
{novelty}, {freshness}]
3: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: {knickknack},
{novelty}]
4: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: {bangle},
{bauble}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {novelty}, {fallal}, {trinket}]
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