All 16 Uses
novel
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The Devil in the White City
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- Once built, the Montauk was so novel, so tall, it defied description by conventional means.
p. 25.7novel = new and original
- The lake was beautiful and always changing in hue and texture, but it was also, Olmsted argued, a novelty capable of amplifying the drawing power of the exposition.†
p. 55.7novelty = the quality of being new and original
- Unlike conventional police departments, the Guard's mandate explicitly emphasized the novel idea of preventing crime rather than merely arresting wrongdoers after the fact.
p. 138.1novel = new and original
- Something novel, original, daring and unique must be designed and built if American engineers are to retain their prestige and standing.
p. 156.4 *
- "White pique hats with black watered-ribbon bands and a couple of knife feathers set at the side are the latest novelty for women cyclists," the Tribune's society column observed.†
p. 163.2novelty = the quality of being new and original
- The new man in charge of the Midway, Sol Bloom, had struck like a bolt of lightning and seemed amenable to just about anything—the more novel and startling the better.
p. 179.6novel = new and original
- Ferris had created more than simply an engineering novelty.†
p. 270.4novelty = the quality of being new and original
- The novelty of the sensation wore off, and the true power of the experience became apparent.†
p. 270.9
- Its function was to produce ice, store the perishable goods of exhibitors and restaurants, and operate an ice rink for visitors wishing to experience the novelty of skating in July.†
p. 278.4
- If we can get the Turks, the South Sea Islanders, the Singalese, the Esquimos, and the American Indians to float about the grand basin in their native barks, it will certainly add some novelty as well as interest to the scene.†
p. 311.5
- By then, however, it had lost both its novelty and the volume of ridership that the Midway had guaranteed.†
p. 380.3
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Secretly, he was disappointed that the engineers of America had not yet stepped forward with some novel but feasible scheme to eclipse Eiffel's achievement.†
p. 81.1
- One day Bloom saw an item in a theatrical publication about a novel Mexican band that he believed Americans would adore, and he convinced the band's manager to let him bring the musicians north for a tour.†
p. 137.1
- The engineers, Burnham charged, "had contributed little or nothing either in the way of originating novel features or of showing the possibilities of modern engineering practice in America."†
p. 156.1
- He asked a partner in his inspection firm, W. F. Gronau, to calculate the novel forces that would play among the components of his structure.†
p. 178.9 *
- Clarence Darrow entered the case and in a novel maneuver won for Prendergast a sanity inquest.†
p. 383.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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.