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单词 novelist
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novelistn.

Brit. /ˈnɒvəlɪst/, /ˈnɒvl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈnɑvələst/
Forms: 1500s noouelist, 1500s noouellist, 1600s nouelist, 1600s noueliste, 1600s nouellist, 1600s–1800s novellist, 1600s– novelist.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: novel n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < novel n. + -ist suffix. Compare French nouvelliste (second half of the 17th cent. in sense ‘newsmonger’, 1852 in sense ‘writer’), and also Italian novellista (1640; also novelista), Spanish novelista (1737 or earlier), Portuguese novelista (1783 or earlier; also novellista), all in sense ‘writer’.
1. An innovator (in thought or belief); someone who introduces something new or who favours novelty. Chiefly derogatory. Now archaic and rare.Common in 17th cent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism > innovator or avant-gardist
novelist1593
innovator1598
novateur1600
novator1600
noveller1604
novist1660
setter-up1713
innovationist1800
vanguardist1934
avant-gardist1940
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 130 All the grayer heads begin to be stale with these Noouellists.
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 571 Augustine doth directly oppose himselfe to all such Dogmatistes and Nouelistes.
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. xxxiii. 376 Those sophistical Novelists who thus mispoint the words of his promise.
1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered i. 2 Superstitious Romanists on the one hand, &..fiery Novellists on the other.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xix. 357 To have his Authority of forty years standing..overturned by an upstart Novelist.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. II. vi. iii. 239 By this Faith he must not understand a simple Belief (with the Novelists).
1997 I. Pears Instance of Fingerpost (1998) 73 All that you novelists have done is to find out new reasons for ancient practice, and show how a few trifles work in ways other than was supposed.
2. An inexperienced person; a novice. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner
younglingOE
new-comeOE
novice1340
ginner?c1400
beginner1470
apprentice1489
prentice1489
infant1526
freshmana1557
intrant1560
enterer1565
puny?1570
weakling1575
new comeling1587
novist1587
incipient1589
puisne1592
abecedary1596
neophyte1600
abecedarian1603
bachelor1604
novelist?1608
alphabetary1611
breeching boy1611
tiro1611
alphabetarian1614
principiant1619
unexperienced1622
velvet head1631
undergraduatea1659
young stager1664
greenhorn1672
battledore boy1693
youngster1706
tironist1716
novitiatea1734
recruit1749
griffin1793
initiate1811
Johnny Newcome1815
Johnny Raw1823
griff1829
plebe1833
Johnny-come-lately1839
new chum1851
blanc-bec1853
fledgling1856
rookie1868
elementarian1876
tenderfoot1881
shorthorn1888
new kid1894
cheechako1897
ring-neck1898
Johnny1901
rook1902
fresh meat1908
malihini1914
initiand1915
stooge1930
intakea1943
cub1966
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome ii. vii. 305 There is not any thing so easie that doth not hurt and hinder vs, if wee bee but nouelists therein [Fr. si nous y sommes nouueaux].
1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. xix. 440 When they meet with a Novelist, or an unskilful, or a modest Person.
3. A writer of novels (chiefly novel n. 4b).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > novelist
novelist1633
lady novelist1684
novel-writer1728
novel-wright1779
fictionist1829
novel-puffer1841
noveller1859
novel-spinner1862
novel-maker1863
1633 C. Farewell East-India Colation 33 It beeing a pleasant observation (at a distance) to note the order of their Coaches and Carriages..As if (presented to a Novelist) it had bin the spoyles of a Tryumph leading Captive, or a preparation to some sad Execution.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 239 Such opportunities of gallantizing their Wives, as the French and other Novelists, I mean Novel-writers, would insinuate.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iv. 155 Novelists..with whom we may join the common herd of Play-writers.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 310 Ye novelists, who mar what ye would mend, Sniv'ling and driv'ling folly without end.
1804 Gentleman's Mag. 74 404 Many of our novellists..complain of the dullness of the market at home.
1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. i. 21 The graphic Novelist, with historic truth, makes Norman Richard the leader of English chivalry.
1895 R. Y. Tyrrell Lat. Poetry 220 The Greek novelists actually turned their backs on the portraiture of character.
1928 E. Waugh Let. 7 Apr. (1980) 27 How do these novelists make their books so long.
1955 Times 7 May 9/4 He has no thought of capturing our novelists, of press-ganging our poets.
1995 Time 8 May 87/3 Like most widely popular novelists, he has been pummeled by the reviewers.
4. A newsmonger, a carrier of news. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > news or tidings > [noun] > bearer of news
news tellera1586
newsmonger1592
newsman1596
newsbearer1598
novelant1602
news-bringer1608
news-carrier1612
occurrencer1648
news-sender1696
novelist1706
news messenger1849
breaker1864
1706 London Gaz. No. 4207/3 The Novelist; The Tale Bearer.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 178. ⁋2 My Contemporaries the Novelists have..a most happy Art in saying and unsaying.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 186 If we may credit the novelists of that time, the prince had already fixed his affections upon the French princess.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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