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novelty Definition


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novelty
noun novelties
    1. The quality of being new and intriguing.
      Thesaurus: innovation, originality, modernity, freshness, newness, creativity; peculiarity, surprise, unfamiliarity, uniqueness.
    2. Something new and strange.
    3. A small, cheap and usually kitsch toy or souvenir.
      Thesaurus: oddity, curiosity, trinket, trifle, knick-knack, gimcrack, gadget, gewgaw, gimmick(slang).
Etymology: 14c: from French novelté.



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