novel
adjective
- new
noun
- literary genre
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvəl/ / [ˈnɒvl̩] / /ˈnavəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.
- Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
- A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
“The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]”