": an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events":[],
": new and not resembling something formerly known or used":[
"New technologies are posing novel problems."
],
": not previously identified":[
"transmission of a novel coronavirus",
"a novel genetic mutation",
"novel bacterial strains"
],
": original or striking especially in conception or style":[
"a novel scheme to collect money",
"novel solutions"
],
": the literary genre consisting of novels":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She has suggested a novel approach to the problem.",
"Handheld computers are novel devices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Yes, the idea of a woman like Lucy at that time being in charge in any way was so novel and unique. \u2014 Amy Harrity, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"But the search for stronger emergency preparedness and disaster prevention on school grounds is not novel in Florida. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"These turnout strategies are well grounded in behavioral science and used by many other groups, but EVP\u2019s focus on environmental voters is novel . \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
"The problem is that most of the children did not have enough concentration of the virus to enable more-sophisticated testing for a specific strain or to find out whether that strain might be novel . \u2014 Lena H. Sun, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Long hours and tight deadlines are hardly novel at fast-growing tech companies like this, nor is a skewed sleep cycle rare for employees of foreign firms. \u2014 Georgia Wells, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"The use of antitrust law to help balance the labor market isn\u2019t novel , but neither has it been widely used in the US. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022",
"When this film was released, the idea of a father who stayed at home with his children was so novel that it was deemed both heartwarming and hilarious. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 10 Mar. 2022",
"When this film was released, the idea of a father who stayed at home with his children was so novel that it was deemed both heartwarming and hilarious. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In this 1994 adaptation of Louis May Alcott's famous novel , Winona plays the iconic protofeminist Jo March. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 1 July 2022",
"Another murder mystery based on a book, Murder on the Orient Express is an adaptation of Agatha Christie's detective novel . \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"Franzen is a master of the family novel , and this one delves into the Midwestern Lambert family and their progeny transplanted to the East Coast. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 27 June 2022",
"That influences a key aspect of the novel \u2014 the justice system. \u2014 Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Chris Pratt stars in this eight-episode adaptation of the best-selling novel by Jack Carr. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The haunting new song was penned by Swift (and produced by Aaron Dessner) for the soundtrack of the upcoming film adaptation of the Delia Owens novel . \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 26 June 2022",
"O\u2019Neal stars as the titular 18th-century Irish rogue and social climber in Stanley Kubrick\u2019s visually ravishing 1975 adaptation of Thackeray\u2019s 19th-century novel . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The latest adaptation of a Suzanne Collins\u2019 novel will debut in theaters worldwide Nov. 17, 2023. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1639, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, \"new\" \u2014 more at nouveau":"Adjective",
"earlier nouell, nouelle \"short prose narrative,\" borrowed from Italian novella \u2014 more at novella":"Noun"
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"\u02c8n\u00e4-v\u0259l"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for novel Adjective new , novel , original , fresh mean having recently come into existence or use. new may apply to what is freshly made and unused new brick or has not been known before new designs or not experienced before. starts the new job novel applies to what is not only new but strange or unprecedented. a novel approach to the problem original applies to what is the first of its kind to exist. a man without one original idea fresh applies to what has not lost its qualities of newness such as liveliness, energy, brightness. a fresh start",
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"original",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"unsentimental"
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"readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel"
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"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccn\u00e4-v\u0259-\u02c8le-tish"
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"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115958",
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural Disney novelties filled the shelves."
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": something (such as a song or food item) that provides often fleeting amusement and is often based on a theme":[
"\u2014 often used attributively The movie included a few novelty songs."
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": something new or unusual":[
"the novelty of a self-driving car"
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"an uncritical acceptance of novelty as advance",
"\u2014 H. M. Jones",
"A toy's novelty soon wears off."
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"examples":[
"the novelty of space exploration",
"Electric-powered cars are still novelties .",
"Eating shark meat is a novelty to many people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s not the same as just generating randomness as a form of novelty . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"Although the core sound of the band remains intact, there are some glimpses of novelty littered throughout. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"Pairing antique decor with contemporary fixtures also added a touch of novelty . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 21 May 2022",
"Variations that limit the possible word space (i.e., Lewdle) or tack on more simultaneous games (i.e., Sedecordle) bring back some of the novelty but can only go so far. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The pairs were then ranked by assessing their gross number of ideas, as well as those concepts\u2019 degree of novelty , and asked to submit their best idea. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His campaign, like Macron\u2019s in 2017, had the benefit of novelty , which assured him a disproportionate amount of media coverage and for a short time a small lead over Le Pen. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Determined to reawaken his wife\u2019s deadened spirit, Marty suggested splashes of novelty . \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
"When Yola came to public prominence, she was welcomed but widely considered something of a novelty , too. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English novelte, borrowed from Anglo-French novelt\u00e9, from novel \"new, novel entry 1 \" + -t\u00e9 -ty":""
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"\u02c8n\u00e4-v\u0259l-t\u0113"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural Disney novelties filled the shelves."
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"the novelty of space exploration",
"Electric-powered cars are still novelties .",
"Eating shark meat is a novelty to many people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s not the same as just generating randomness as a form of novelty . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"Although the core sound of the band remains intact, there are some glimpses of novelty littered throughout. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"Pairing antique decor with contemporary fixtures also added a touch of novelty . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 21 May 2022",
"Variations that limit the possible word space (i.e., Lewdle) or tack on more simultaneous games (i.e., Sedecordle) bring back some of the novelty but can only go so far. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The pairs were then ranked by assessing their gross number of ideas, as well as those concepts\u2019 degree of novelty , and asked to submit their best idea. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His campaign, like Macron\u2019s in 2017, had the benefit of novelty , which assured him a disproportionate amount of media coverage and for a short time a small lead over Le Pen. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Determined to reawaken his wife\u2019s deadened spirit, Marty suggested splashes of novelty . \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
"When Yola came to public prominence, she was welcomed but widely considered something of a novelty , too. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u02c8n\u00e4-v\u0259s"
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"abecedarian",
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"tenderfoot",
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"old hand",
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"Novices serve time as scullery serfs as they work toward the privilege of trailing a pastry chef \u2026 \u2014 Guy Trebay , New York Times , 4 Sept. 2002",
"For the novice , walking the course also means being scared senseless by all the possibilities to screw up. \u2014 Tim Keown , ESPN , 17 Sept. 2001",
"Yet it's obvious to him and everyone else who the novice is here, the book-learned tournament virgin. \u2014 James McManus , Harper's , December 2000",
"Much defter than one would have thought possible from the length of her fingernails, Toula had no fear of high fast notes; her flair, mounted between Andrea's perfectionist reserve and Alice's novice awkwardness, seemed all too displayed. \u2014 John Updike , The Afterlife , 1994",
"He's a novice in cooking.",
"a book for the novice chess player",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of Hunt\u2019s primary opponents, Wayne Johnson, has sued, complaining that the political novice is receiving an unfair advantage through his frequent appearances on Fox News, which Hunt\u2019s campaign denies. \u2014 Clyde Mcgrady, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"In 1979, a political novice named Jane Byrne became mayor of Chicago. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"After winning the election as a political novice with 73% of the vote, Mr. Zelensky\u2019s public approval rating had fallen to only 25% last October. \u2014 Daniel Twining, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Hatch entered the Senate as a political novice in 1977 and left 42 years later as one its greatest members in history. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"Several Republicans did challenge DeWine for the nomination, including former Congressman Jim Renacci and political novice Joe Blystone. \u2014 Paul Sracic, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The primary winner will face Republican challenger Eric Brewer, a former mayor of East Cleveland, or political novice James Hemphill this fall although the seat is generally considered safe despite national headwinds for Democrats in the midterms. \u2014 Nikole Killion, CBS News , 3 May 2022",
"And scientist and entrepreneur Bilal Mahmood, a political novice , is staking his claim on fresh ideas and innovation \u2014 and on his outsider status. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Johnson, a political novice , had never run for office and had few credentials and little experience\u2014especially compared to then-Senator Russ Feingold, a 27-year veteran of Wisconsin and national Democratic politics. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, \"probationer in a religious community\" (continental Old French also, \"inexperienced person\"), borrowed from Late Latin nov\u012bcius, going back to Latin, \"newly enslaved person, person recently entered into a condition,\" as adjective, \"newly imported, recently discovered, fashionable,\" from novus \"new\" + -\u012bcius -itious \u2014 more at new entry 1":""
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"a novitiate in the rarefied world of international diplomacy, the recently appointed ambassador is treading cautiously",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her name is Cristina (Ioana Bugarin), and, given that her first act is to sneak out of the convent with a change of clothes and to be ferried by taxi to the nearby town, one fears that her novitiate has gone awry. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"There\u2019s something almost old-world about Sarah Jo, who has the clothes of a 1950s teenager and the manners of an eager novitiate . \u2014 Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Julie Andrews stars as a novitiate turned governess in this beloved 1965 musical set in pre-WWII Austria. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Julie Andrews stars as a novitiate turned governess in this beloved 1965 musical set in pre-WWII Austria. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
"The film stars Taissa Farmiga, Vera Farmiga\u2019s younger sister, as a novitiate in 1952 who is sent by the Vatican to investigate a Romanian covenant following the suicide of one of its nuns. \u2014 Lillian Brown, Vulture , 3 June 2021",
"The Christian Brothers first bought property up here in 1930, establishing a school, winery and novitiate . \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Kohlhaas is punished, finally, not for his crimes but for his novitiate status. \u2014 Dustin Illingworth, The New Yorker , 20 May 2020",
"In opening-night remarks, director Gemma Whelan noted that Burke Brogan was once a novitiate , a nun in training, who was assigned to a convent with a Magdalene Laundry. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Sep. 2019"
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"circa 1518, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French noviciat \"period of being a novice,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin nov\u012bci\u0101tus, from Late Latin nov\u012bcius novice + Latin -\u0101tus -ate entry 2":""
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"\u2014 motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the U.S."
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The contract novation will be subject to the consent of FSA. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"That new student loan servicer \u2014 which collects student loan payments and manages customer service for student loans \u2014 may be a company called Maximus, with whom Navient signed a novation agreement to transfer servicing. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Under the rules in six large EU member states analysed by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), a global trade body, novations and compressions would be considered regulated activities. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Oct. 2017"
],
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"borrowed from Latin nov\u0101ti\u014dn-, nov\u0101ti\u014d, from nov\u0101re \"to make new, renew, replace an existing legal obligation with a new one\" (derivative of novus \"new\") + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at new entry 1":""
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"Latin phrase"
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": new man : man newly ennobled : arriviste":[]
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"city in southeastern Michigan northwest of Detroit population 55,224":[]
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"city in western California north of San Francisco population 51,904":[]
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"Sir Konstantin (Sergeevich) 1974\u2013 Russian-British physicist":[]
},
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the denial of the church's right to restore lapsed Christians to membership":[]
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"Novatian, Novatianus , 3d century sectarian + English -ism":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235740"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": novella sense 2":[]
},
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"novella",
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"examples":[
"bought a collection of his novels and novelettes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing. \u2014 Yi-ling Liu, Wired , 9 Mar. 2021",
"The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 18 Sep. 2018",
"Flash fiction, short stories, and novelettes don\u2019t usually get the same amount of attention as their longer counterparts, which is a shame. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 15 Nov. 2018",
"In 2014, Mary Robinette Kowal earned a Hugo Award for her novelette The Lady Astronaut of Mars, set in an alternate history in which humanity is prompted to colonize outer space after a devastating meteor strike that destroys Washington, DC. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 1 July 2018"
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"novel entry 2 + -ette":""
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"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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": one of an early Christian schismatic sect existing from a.d. 251 to the 6th or 7th century that denied that the church should restore lapsed Christians to membership and advocated a rigidly purist conception of church membership":[]
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"definitions":{
": an aspiring bullfighter who has not yet attained the rank of matador":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064202"
},
"novate":{
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],
"definitions":{
": to replace (an old obligation) by a new obligation":[]
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"n\u014d\u02c8v\u0101t",
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"novator":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": innovator":[]
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"-\u0101t\u0259(r)"
],
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"Latin, renewer, from novatus + -or":""
},
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"noun"
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": a story with a compact and pointed plot":[],
": a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u014d-\u02c8ve-l\u0259"
],
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"short story",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn"
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"pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miller\u2019s take on the material mainly sacrifices the feminist elements of Byatt\u2019s novella in favor of investigating the magic of movie storytelling. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Her mother, in turn, introduced the book to Tourni\u00e9, reading the novella to her young daughter before bedtime. \u2014 Jeryl Brunner, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Landing just a year after the novella was first published, 1992 feature Damage from director Louis Malle starred Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves and Ian Bannen. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Through various monologues, the novella creates not just a suspenseful thriller, but a textured, rich portrait of a community over time. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"This loss is signified throughout the novella by a bust of the old Austrian emperor Franz Joseph that Morstin keeps outside his manor house in a village near Brody. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The iconic novella was penned by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupery in New York during World War II, and now 30 handwritten pages of the original manuscript are on display at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. \u2014 Xiaofei Xu And Ana\u00eblle Jonah, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Passing is based on Nella Larsen\u2019s 1929 novella of the same name and follows two childhood friends and their racial identities. \u2014 Melanie Curry, ELLE , 7 May 2022",
"Beyond Katherine Anne Porter, who in 1939 published her now-classic novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider, about a young woman who almost dies of the disease, direct references to the virus were shockingly rare. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
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"borrowed from Italian, \"piece of news, announcement, story, narrative,\" noun derivative from feminine of novello \"new,\" going back to Latin novellus \"young, tender (of plants or animals),\" from novus \"new\" + -ellus, diminutive suffix \u2014 more at new entry 1":""
},
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"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092241"
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"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in a novel manner":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-li",
"\u02c8n\u00e4v(\u0259)l\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"novel entry 2 + -ly":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125556"
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"Novaya Zemlya":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"two islands of northeastern Russia in Europe in the Arctic Ocean between the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea area 31,382 square miles (81,279 square kilometers), population 400":[]
"Novgorod , city of northwest Russia + English -ian":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190027"
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"Nova Scotia":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"province of southeastern Canada on the Atlantic comprising a peninsula (375 miles, or 600 kilometers, long) and Cape Breton Island; capital Halifax area 20,440 square miles (52,939 square kilometers), population 921,727 \u2014 see acadia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u014d-v\u0259-\u02c8sk\u014d-sh\u0259"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192752"
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"novaculite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a very hard fine-grained siliceous rock used for whetstones and possibly of sedimentary origin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Quapaw and Caddo peoples lived here for thousands of years, mining the region\u2019s ubiquitous novaculite , a type of flint stone, for weapons. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020"
],
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"Latin nov\u0101culum \"razor\" (from nov\u0101- \u2014going back to earlier *ksneu\u032f\u0101- \"scrape smooth, sharpen\"\u2014 + -culum, instrumental suffix, going back to *-tlom ) + -ite entry 1 ; *ksneu\u032f\u0101- , probably derivative of an Indo-European adjective *ksneu\u035f\u032f-o- \"scraped smooth,\" from a verbal base *ksneu\u032f- \"scrape (until sharp or smooth)\" (whence, with ablaut variation, Sanskrit k\u1e63\u1e47\u00e1uti \"(s/he) whets, sharpens,\" k\u1e63\u1e47ut\u00e1\u1e25 \"sharpened,\" k\u1e63\u1e47\u00f3tram \"whetstone,\" Avestan hu-x\u0161nut\u014d \"well-sharpened\"), iterative derivative of *kseu\u032f-, whence Greek x\u00fd\u014d, xe\u00een \"to shave, smooth\"":""
},
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"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201959"
},
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],
"definitions":{
": a musical instrument resembling a piano and electrically producing and controlling by means of vacuum tubes musical tones ranging in quality from those of the piano and organ to those of stringed and woodwind instruments":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u022f(\u0259)d",
"\u02c8n\u014dv\u0259\u02cck\u022frd"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from Novachord , a trademark":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213014"
},
"novarsenobenzene":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": neoarsphenamine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)n\u014dv+"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"novarsenobenzene from nov- + arsenobenzene; novarsenobenzol from nov- + arsen- + benzol":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215825"
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"nova scotia":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"province of southeastern Canada on the Atlantic comprising a peninsula (375 miles, or 600 kilometers, long) and Cape Breton Island; capital Halifax area 20,440 square miles (52,939 square kilometers), population 921,727 \u2014 see acadia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221753"
},
"Nova Igua\u00e7u":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil, northwest of the city of Rio de Janeiro population 796,257":[]
