newness

noun

Etymology: From Middle English newnesse, from Old English nīewnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new + -ness.

1. The property of being new; novelty; recency.

   “The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell.”

   “Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor.”