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noun a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
(formerly) novella (def. 1).
Origin of novel 1 1560–70; <Italian novella (storia ) new kind of story. See novel2
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Definition for novel (2 of 3) [ nov -uh l ] SHOW IPA
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adjective of a new and unusual kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea.
not previously detected or reported: the emergence of novel strains of the virus.
Origin of novel 2 First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English (from Middle French, Old French ), from Latin novellus “fresh, young, novel,” diminutive of novus new; see new
synonym study for novel See new.
Definition for novel (3 of 3) [ nov -uh l ] SHOW IPA
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noun Roman Law . an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually Novels , imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Civil Law . an amendment to a statute.
Origin of novel 3 1605–15; <Late Latin novella (constitūtiō ) a new (regulation, order). See novel2
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Example sentences from the Web for novel When the novel coronavirus shut down schools in March, school and youth athletics were also supposed to be shuttered.
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Since the novel coronavirus was first detected in December, it has spread around the world and flourished in all kinds of climates.
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It may be some time before we determine how the novel coronavirus will be influenced by the changing seasons.
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Submission is less a novel of ideas than a political book, and of the most subversive kind.
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Houellebecq on Thursday announced that he is suspending promotion of the novel .
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He was not originally so uninhibited, however, as can now be seen in his “lost” novel , Skylight.
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His books include Render unto Rome and a novel about Louisiana politics, Last of the Red Hot Poppas.
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In fact, I wrote 212 pages of a novel called The Discovery of Sex that was bought, and I pulled it.
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By-and-by the novel had written itself in full, and another was unfolding.
A History of French Literature | Edward Dowden
The key-note to her character is in this novel she grabbed as she hastily packed her bag—‘The Madness of May.’
The Madness of May | Meredith Nicholson
This novel motion was received on the part of all who heard it with shouts of laughter and applause.
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Novel spectacle was this on the wild and primitive shore of Florida.
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But, so novel was the situation, the farmer had constantly to be reminded of his authority.
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British Dictionary definitions for novel (1 of 3) noun an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story
the novel the literary genre represented by novels
(usually plural) obsolete a short story or novella, as one of those in the Decameron of Boccaccio
Word Origin for novel C15: from Old French novelle, from Latin novella (narrātiō ) new (story); see novel ²
British Dictionary definitions for novel (2 of 3) adjective of a kind not seen before; fresh; new; original a novel suggestion
Word Origin for novel C15: from Latin novellus new, diminutive of novus new
British Dictionary definitions for novel (3 of 3) noun Roman law a new decree or an amendment to an existing statute See also Novels
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Cultural definitions for novel A long, fictional narration in prose. Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn are novels, as are War and Peace and Lord of the Flies .
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