novel
/ˈnɑvəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
noun
A new legal constitution.
Example Sentences
- "If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy. Fifty years ago there was ſcarcely a Novel in the kingdom. Romances, indeed, abounded; but they, it is ſuppoſed, were rather favorable to virtue."
- "Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph."
- "merry tales[…]such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with."
- "Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle."
- "The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɑvəl/
- British English: /ˈnɒvəl/