Associations to the word «Novel»

Wiktionary

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.]

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats