Associations to the word «Novel»

NOVEL, adjective. New, original, especially in an interesting way

NOVEL, noun. (obsolete) A novelty; something new. [15th-18th c.]

NOVEL, noun. (now historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]

NOVEL, noun. A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story. [from 17th c.]

NOVEL, noun. (classical studies) (historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]

NOVEL, noun. An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story.

NOVEL, noun. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels".

NOVEL, adjective. Original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem".

NOVEL, adjective. Pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort".