novel
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *new- Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. English novel Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella.
Definitions
Newly made, formed or evolved
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
Original, especially in an interesting way
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
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A fable
A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
- merry tales[…]such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
A novelty
A novelty; something new.
- Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle.
A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
- The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]
The neighborhood
Derived
novelly, novelness, airport novel, antinovel, anti-novel, blognovel, cybernovel, dime novel, e-novel, graphic novel, historical novel, holonovel, hypernovel, I-novel, kinetic novel, light novel, meganovel, nonfiction novel, non-fiction novel, nonnovel, novelcraft, noveldom, novelese, novelesque, novelette, novelisation, novelization, novelise, novelish, novelism, novelist, novelize, novellike, novelwright, photonovel, Russian novel effect, seminovel, sensation novel, silver fork novel, telenovel · +5 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at novel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at novel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at novel
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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