novelty
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See also: Novelty
Etymology
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑvəlti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒvəlti/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: nov‧el‧ty
Noun
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10:
- Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
- (chess) An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
- 2007 May 27, Dylan Loeb Mcclain, “What Defines the Very Best? For Topalov, It's Fearlessness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-11-26:
- Topalov has unveiled some interesting novelties lately, but there was nothing unusual in his opening here. Sasikiran played the Nimzo-Indian, and Topalov replied with probably the most classical continuation.
- 2012 December 18, Malcolm Pein, “Bundesliga chess revelation”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 2023-02-05:
- It's not often a novelty comes as early as move seven nowadays, but in the latest round of the German Bundesliga, a recently discovered seventh move was employed to win a lovely game.
- 2021 June 25, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on No 1 junior, No 1 woman and No 1 rival on same afternoon”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2022-01-29:
- The Russian champion still did very well. Nepomniachtchi was only a wildcard, yet played with full force including an interesting novelty in the much analysed Berlin Wall Ruy Lopez.
Translations
state of being new
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new product
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Adjective
novelty (not comparable)
- In the design of a common household item, often impractically large, and meant primarily for display rather than functional use.
- My novelty calculator works fine but it hurts my hands to press the keys.
Derived terms
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