novel (noun)

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• novel food — UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular novel food plural novel foods] a type of food that has not been eaten before, including genetically modified substances and products that lower cholesterol used especially in government documen …   Useful english dictionary

• novel — Ⅰ. novel [1] ► NOUN ▪ a fictitious prose narrative of book length. ORIGIN from Italian novella storia new story . Ⅱ. novel [2] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ interestingly new or unusual …   English terms dictionary

• novel news — noun or novel paper Etymology: novel (I) : a paper similar to newsprint but often somewhat more bulky that is used in pulp magazines …   Useful english dictionary

• novel food — novel ,food noun count or uncount GENETICALLY MODIFIED food: used especially in government documents …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• novel assignment — noun Etymology: novel (II) law : a new assignment or specification of the cause of action set forth in a previous assignment (as where more certainty or particularity is required) …   Useful english dictionary

• novel paper — noun see novel news …   Useful english dictionary

• novel disseizin — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French novele disseisine : an ancient remedy in English law, abolished in 1833, for the recovery of land from which the owner had been recently disseized …   Useful english dictionary

• Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …   Wikipedia

• novel — English has acquired the word novel in several distinct instalments. First to arrive was the adjective, ‘new’ [15], which came via Old French from Latin novellus, a derivative of novus ‘new’ (to which English new is distantly related). (The Old… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• novel — English has acquired the word novel in several distinct instalments. First to arrive was the adjective, ‘new’ [15], which came via Old French from Latin novellus, a derivative of novus ‘new’ (to which English new is distantly related). (The Old… …   Word origins

• novel — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hardback, hardcover (esp. AmE), paperback ▪ debut ▪ first, second, etc. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary