释义 |
ˈnovelish, a. [f. novel n. + -ish.] Inclined to ideas characteristic of novels; somewhat resembling, or suggestive of, a novel.
1805Southey in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 103, I..should be apt to think her a little too novelish (it is a better word than romantic). 1840De Quincey in Tait's Mag. VII. 355 The place, spite of its slipshod novelish name,..was really simple and unpretending. 1892Sladen Japs at Home xviii, ‘Wounded Pride,’ though not very novelish, has a very interesting subject. |