Both Uses
novel
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William Wilson
(Edited)
- I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment.
*novel = pleasantly new and original
- Let it suffice, that among spendthrifts I out-Heroded Herod, and that, giving name to a multitude of novel follies, I added no brief appendix to the long catalogue of vices then usual in the most dissolute university of Europe.
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.