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- I was unwilling to trust myself with a race of people who had offered, to the cursory glance I had taken, so many points of vague novelty, doubt, and apprehension.†
novelty = the quality of being new and original
- Yet it is not wonderful that these conceptions are indefinite, since they have their origin in sources so utterly novel.
*novel = new and original
Definitions:
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(novel as in: a novel situation) new and original -- typically something considered good
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(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, novel is used as a noun to refer to a 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.