novelty
English
/ˈnɑvəlti/, /ˈnɒvəlti/
noun
Definitions
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French novelté derived from Latin novellus (new, novel, fresh, young, modern).
Origin
Latin
novellus
Gloss
new, novel, fresh, young, modern
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
新
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Novocaine English
- *novella Latin
- novellaster Latin
- novelletum Latin
- novellus Latin
- novitas, novitās, novitātem Latin
- novus Latin
- novello Italian
- nouveauté French
- novillo Spanish, Castilian
- novel Old French
- novelté Old French
- novell Catalan, Valencian
- novetat Catalan, Valencian
- *nowos Proto-Italic
- novel Old Occitan