All 4 Uses of
novel
in
The House of Mirth
- She glanced with interest along the new brick and limestone house-fronts, fantastically varied in obedience to the American craving for novelty, but fresh and inviting with their awnings and flower-boxes.†
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1)
- Even Mrs. Trenor, whose taste for variety had led her into some hazardous experiments, resisted Jack's attempts to disguise Mr. Rosedale as a novelty, and declared that he was the same little Jew who had been served up and rejected at the social board a dozen times within her memory; and while Judy Trenor was obdurate there was small chance of Mr. Rosedale's penetrating beyond the outer limbo of the Van Osburgh crushes.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1)
- They would have over-emphasized the novelty of the adventure, trying to make him feel in it the zest of an escapade.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- She began to cut the pages of a novel, tranquilly studying her prey through downcast lashes while she organized a method of attack.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (novel as in: a novel situation) new and original -- typically something considered good
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, novel is used as a noun to refer to work of fiction that is published as a book. In the form novelty, the word can refer to an inexpensive, mass-produced item of interest such as a toy, trinket, or item given away to advertise.