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Definition of Novelty
1. Noun. Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel.
2. Noun. Originality by virtue of being new and surprising.
3. Noun. A small inexpensive mass-produced article.
4. Noun. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
Generic synonyms: Adornment
Group relationships: Trinketry
Derivative terms: Gaudy
Definition of Novelty
1. n. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.
Definition of Novelty
1. Noun. The state of being new or novel; newness. ¹
2. Noun. A new product; an innovation. ¹
3. Noun. A small mass-produced trinket. ¹
4. Noun. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Novelty
1. something new or unusual [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Novelty
Literary usage of Novelty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames, James Robert Boyd (1869)
"OF all the circumstances that raise emotions, not excepting beauty' nor even
greatness, novelty hath the most powerful influence. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"novelty THE first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind,
is Curiosity. By curiosity, I mean whatever desire we have for, ..."
3. Some Problems of Philosophy: A Beginning of an Introduction to Philosophy by William James (1911)
"novelty cepts, built out into wholes by our possible conceptual additions. ...
This brings an element of concrete novelty into our experience. ..."
4. A Treatise on Injunctions and Other Extraordinary Remedies: Covering Habeas by Thomas Carl Spelling (1901)
"Same —novelty —Originality, etc. — Where the answer denies the charge of
infringement, and shows that the novelty of plaintiff's invention is doubtful, ..."
5. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1918)
"A combination is an entirety, and want of novelty must be addressed to the whole
... The test of novelty as applied to a combination seems to be whether the ..."
6. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"... of huge heaps of mountains, high rocks and precipices, or a wide expanse of
water, where we are not struck with the novelty or beauty of the sight, ..."
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