NOVELTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does novelty mean? 

• NOVELTY (noun)
  The noun NOVELTY has 4 senses:

1. originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

2. originality by virtue of being new and surprising

3. a small inexpensive mass-produced article

4. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

  Familiarity information: NOVELTY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOVELTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

freshness; novelty

Hypernyms ("novelty" is a kind of...):

originality (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Originality by virtue of being new and surprising

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

freshness; novelty

Hypernyms ("novelty" is a kind of...):

originality (the ability to think and act independently)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small inexpensive mass-produced article

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

knickknack; novelty

Hypernyms ("novelty" is a kind of...):

article (one of a class of artifacts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bangle; bauble; fallal; gaud; gewgaw; novelty; trinket

Hypernyms ("novelty" is a kind of...):

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

Holonyms ("novelty" is a member of...):

trinketry (trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively)

 Context examples 

"The association between sleep and memory has been known, but this study's novelty is showing that the connection is particularly evident for older adults and black participants, regardless of age."

(Study ties poor sleep to reduced memory performance in older adults, National Science Foundation)

When the novelty of amusement there was over, it would be time for the wider range of London.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The novelty of this research is its global-scale prediction of where disturbance-sensitive species are likely to be found, said Betsy von Holle, program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)

“A beggar would be no novelty,” said Steerforth; “but it is a strange thing that the beggar should take that shape tonight.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I will ask them all for an evening; that will be much better; that will be a novelty and a treat.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He was as much awake to the novelty of attention in that quarter as Elizabeth herself could be, and unconsciously closed his book.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She did not think it in Harriet's nature to escape being benefited by novelty and variety, by the streets, the shops, and the children.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The next day was fine, and Meg departed in style for a fortnight of novelty and pleasure.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was true, his bizarre judgments troubled her in the moments they were uttered, but she ascribed them to his novelty of type and strangeness of living, and they were soon forgotten.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)