state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job.
a novel occurrence, experience, or proceeding: His sarcastic witticisms had ceased being an entertaining novelty.
an article of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, or the like and whose appeal is often transitory: a store catering to tourists who loaded up with souvenir pennants and other novelties.
adjective
Textiles.
(of a weave) consisting of a combination of basic weaves.
(of a fabric or garment) having a pattern or design produced by a novelty weave.
(of yarn) having irregularities within the fibrous structure.
of or relating to novelties as articles of trade: novelty goods; novelty items.
having or displaying novelties: novelty shop.
Origin of novelty
1350–1400; Middle English novelte<Middle French novelete<Late Latin novellitās newness. See novel2, -ity
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It’s more of a novelty to see the candidates together on stage for the first time.
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If you are looking for a fun cover that’s still a little more sophisticated than a novelty notebook with a quippy saying, then this journal from Keegood could be the right way to go.
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He still envisions a world where internal combustion engines only exist as novelties.
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We are wired to enjoy novelty—it makes us feel good and happy.
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“The novelty of David Duke has worn off,” said Scalise then.
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Novelty aside, the real question is whether these avowedly chaste men of the cloth are listening.
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Not even the hawkiest neo-conservative is calling for war, a novelty in recent American history.
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The appeal of Bitcoin lies in part in its novelty and techy-ness.
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For them, novelty and naughtiness were the ultimate aphrodisiacs.
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It is curious to find that in 1821 the function of the hospital as a school for students of medicine was something of a novelty.
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Even when Heylin published his Cosmography, (1652,) forks were still a novelty.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
The result of all this novelty was that she began to look at life from a different point of view.
Paul Patoff|F. Marion Crawford
The species generally found are limpets and muscles, but with little variety and no novelty.
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Many subjects became stale to him at last; but the curious invention called man remained a novelty to him to the end.
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British Dictionary definitions for novelty
novelty
/ (ˈnɒvəltɪ) /
nounplural-ties
the quality of being new and fresh and interesting
(as modifier)novelty value
a new or unusual experience or occurrence
(often plural)a small usually cheap new toy, ornament, or trinket