novelty
adjective/ˈnɒvlti/
/ˈnɑːvlti/
[only before noun]- different and unusual; intended to be humorous and to catch people’s attention
- a novelty teapot
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French novelte, from novel ‘new, fresh’, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’.Definitions on the go
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