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novice

noun

  1. person or creature who is new to a field or activity
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvɪs/ / /ˈnɑvɪs/ / /ˈnɔvɪs/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

  1. Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

  1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

    I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.

  2. A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

    Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]