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novelty|ˈnɒvəltɪ|
Forms: 4–6 nouelte(e, 5 novel-, nofeltee, 6 Sc. nowelte; 5–7 noveltie (6–7 nouel-, 6 nouil-); 5 nouelty, 6– novelty.
[a. OF. novelté (mod.F. nouveauté): see novel a. and -ty.]
1. a. Something new or unusual; a novel thing or occurrence. Also the novelty, the newest thing.
1382Wyclif 1 Tim. vi. 20 Eschewinge curside noueltees of voyces. c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 1004 Thay were glad right for the novelté, To have a newe lady of her toun. c1440Gesta Rom. xlvii. 197 Of al maner thinges ande noveltees that wer in baldak, and not in lumbardye. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) B, The tyme is an inuenter of nouelties. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. Ep. Ded., The general profite and pleasure of..such as delight in nouelties. 1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 386 They are curious, and great louers of nouelties. 1667Milton P.L. x. 891 O why did God..create at last This noveltie on Earth? 1728R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 21 Blindly fond of every little Novelty offer'd to our view. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §241 The level platform we had then obtained being something of a novelty. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies xx, The sight of the wild horse had been a great novelty. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. viii. 299 Such visits as these were, in England at least, altogether novelties. 1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey vii, They're the novelty quite, but chancy things to sell.
†b. A new matter, a recent event, as a subject of report or talk. (Usually in pl.) Obs.
1447O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (Roxb.) 58 Whan þis miracle abowte was blowe..Ful gret ioy was of þat nouelte. 1475Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 31 Thomas can enforme you of novelties in this countrie better then I can writte. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xx. 169 If thou haue delyte to here noueltise thou muste somtyme therof suffer trybulacyon of herte. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI 183 b, The duke of Yorke.., somewhat spurred and quickened with these noveltyes, retired backe. 1595Locrine ii. i, What uncouth novelties Bring'st thou unto our royal majesty?
c. An innovation, a novel proceeding.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 55 The explication of causes which gaue originall to nouelties. 1678Wanley Wonders Lit. World v. ii. §87. 473/1 Mustapha, brother to Achmet, succeeded, which was a novelty never before heard of in this Kingdom. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. V. xxiv. 385 The days of King Eadward remained the standard, every departure from which was noticed as a novelty.
d. An often useless, but decorative or amusing, object which relies for its appeal on the newness of its design. Hence novelty shop.
1901Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 19 Oct. 4/6 (Advt.), Sterling Silver Novelties. An English manufacturer's range of samples: no two pieces alike. Puff Boxes, Tooth Brush Boxes, Vases, Cigarette Cases, Match Boxes, Napkin Rings. 1911Woman's Home Companion Apr. 28/3 This idea can be carried out to any extent by having quantities of things which are more or less novelties to sell. 1933Planning I. xvi. 14 The climax to this orgy of designs is reached at Christmas-time when the shops are filled with ‘novelties’ that no customer would think of wanting for himself. 1972Guardian 23 Dec. 1/1 A cracker-making contract..has been withdrawn because blue jokes were found with the paper hats and novelties. 1973‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog xi. 145 The only retailer who handled the macabre Belgian masks had a novelty shop in High Holborn.
2. a. Novel or unusual character of something.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 67 For wonder of nouelte of þis doynge, me axede counsaille..of Appolyn. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV 2 b, Somwhat unquieted for the noveltie of the thyng. 1625Usher (title), An Answer to a Challenge... Wherein..the Noveltie of the now Romish doctrine [is] plainely discovered. 1709Steele Tatler No. 46 ⁋1 The Novelty of the History, and Manner of Life, of the Emperor Aurengezebe. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 1 The novelty and the importance of the duty required. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 127 The novelty of these amusements interested me. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. ii. 23 The novelty of this day's experience may have rendered it impressive.
†b. Newness, freshness of a thing. Obs. rare.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. ix. (Bodl. MS.), In here comynge þei boodeþ noueltee of tyme. 1614Raleigh Hist. World v. i. §4. 283 Some of the Syracusians..tooke armes against him, even in the noveltie of his Rule.
3. The quality or state of being novel; that which is novel, new, or hitherto unknown.
1484Caxton Fables of Poge iv, As by caas of nouelte he callyd the sayd yong man. c1500Three Kings' Sons 85 It thought them a cas of nouelte. 1581Mulcaster Positions v. (1887) 29, I may..feare no note of noueltie, where nothing is but auncient. 1604Jas. I Counterbl. to Tobacco (Arb.) 99 An inconsiderate and childish affectation of Noueltie. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl., Disc. Med. ii. i, That unexpectedness being the highest Degree of Novelty. 1728R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 21 Any thing which has the least appearance of Novelty. 1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 16 To induce others to dive into this rich mine, with the additional value of novelty. 1824J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. ii. viii. 276 Novelty in the speaker supplies the want of novelty in the matter. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. 238 Very early, indeed, I had found that novelty was soon exhausted.
personif.1784Cowper Task iii. 54 Pleasure..leaning on the arm Of Novelty, her fickle frail support.
4. a. attrib. and Comb., as novelty-affecting, novelty-bit, novelty-hunter (so novelty-hunting), novelty-value; novelty number, song (see quot. 1952).
1640G. Sandys Christ's Passion ii. 246 The Novelty-affecting Multitude. 1784Bishopric Garland (1810) 26 The next was Will Dunn, our painter, Who wanted a novelty-bit. 1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 387/2 If each novelty⁓hunter struck out a line for himself, we could be content to register novelty-hunting as a useful outward sign of inward dullness, and leave such writers carefully alone. 1938I. Goldberg Wonder of Words xviii. 372 We all know the novelty-hunter who uses his neologisms because he wishes to stun his reader. 1940Scrutiny VIII. 397, I am thinking mostly of course of the hack of Tin Pan Alley and the ubiquitous and cynically named ‘novelty’ number. 1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) 352 Novelty song: a song that depends on some obvious contrivance for its appeal, such as a reorganized nursery rhyme..or an infectious sort of gibberish. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz (1956) 79 Novelty songs such as Ol' Man Mose and Brother Bill began to edge out the jazz material in his repertoire. 1959Times (Suppl. Britain's Food) 9 Mar. p. vii/6 Novelty-value has its own appeal. 1968‘J. Christopher’ Pendulum v. 42 The novelty value won't last.
b. Of fabrics, etc.: see quot. 1968.
1945M. D. Potter Fiber to Fabric iii. 51 Novelty yarns produce the attractive nubby effects seen in tweeds. 1950‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 368/2 Novelty suitings, a name applied originally to plain homespun weaves with rough, irregular fillings of different colours, but now referring to all weaves, especially brocaded or jacquard effects. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 94 Novelty, when used of fabrics this indicates that the material is made from more than one basic fibre and may be in an unusual weave. 1974Guardian 26 Mar. 16/1, 12 leading French cloth manufacturers will be showing..jerseys, shirtings, novelty silks. |