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novelize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nov-el-ize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.

verb

To innovate.

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Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. English novel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English novelize From novel + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

novelizes (present, singular) novelizing (participle, present) novelized (participle, past) novelized (past) novelise (alternative)

Derived Forms

novelizer

Synonyms

novelise fictionalize fictionalise

Questions

What does novelize mean?
To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
Where does novelize come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. English novel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English novelize From novel + -ize.

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