Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
novelty
IPA transcription: [n'ɑvəlti]
Pronunciations of novelty
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
freshness, novelty
Meaning:
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
Synonyms:
novelty, freshness
Meaning:
originality by virtue of being new and surprising
Usage examples
NOVELTY AND VARIETY
Dazzled by their novelty and brilliance
They are but scanty, and I am conscious have little novelty to recommend them.
"A live Saw-Horse is a distinct novelty, and should prove an interesting study.
Prediction is no novelty in science; and in astronomy least of all is it a novelty.
"And give us our daily bread!" he added, meaning that his wife's little performance was no novelty.
But the prestige I had gained among them, and the novelty of my expressed opinion carried much weight with them.
"It must needs be some novelty respond," I said within myself, "to the new signal The Master with his eye is following so."
The matter had lost its novelty for them, though, of course, they were vitally interested in the success of Tom's undertaking.
But man is a desperately conservative creature, and the extravagant novelty of this outrage upon his purse distressed his sensibilities.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording
2012 phenomenon
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CC BY-SA 4.0