novelty

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:29:52

Nov"el*ty (?), n.; pl. Novelties (#). [OF. novelt'e, F. nouveaut'e, L. novellitas.]

1.

The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South.

2.

Something novel; a new or strange thing.

 

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