novelishadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɒvəlɪʃ/,

/ˈnɒvl̩ɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnɑvəlɪʃ/

Forms: 1800s novellish, 1800s– novelish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: novel n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < novel n. + -ish suffix¹.

Relating to or characteristic of a novel; inclined to the ideas, etc., of novels.In quot. 1800 as noun.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective]

novelish1800

novelistic1835

novelesque1853

1800 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 Nov. (1956) I. 646 My littlest One..is christened by the name of ‘Derwent’—a sort of sneaking affection..for the poetical & the novellish.

1805 R. Southey in J. W. 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).

1840 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 355 The place, spite of its slipshod novelish name,..was really simple and unpretending.

1892 D. B. W. Sladen Japs at Home xviii ‘Wounded Pride’, though not very novelish, has a very interesting subject.

1931 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 31 Oct. 8/3 His part was not easy. Mr Hurley made him a little too novelish in parts, but Mr Webb carried the part through finely.

1994 Amer. Lit. 66 707 Book Four..is interested not in dramatizing or exploring..the..significance of this event but in educating Jim out of his initial, novelish response to it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	novelish
释义	novelishadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɒvəlɪʃ/, /ˈnɒvl̩ɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnɑvəlɪʃ/ Forms: 1800s novellish, 1800s– novelish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: novel n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < novel n. + -ish suffix¹. Relating to or characteristic of a novel; inclined to the ideas, etc., of novels.In quot. 1800 as noun. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective] novelish1800 novelistic1835 novelesque1853 1800 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 Nov. (1956) I. 646 My littlest One..is christened by the name of ‘Derwent’—a sort of sneaking affection..for the poetical & the novellish. 1805 R. Southey in J. W. 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). 1840 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 355 The place, spite of its slipshod novelish name,..was really simple and unpretending. 1892 D. B. W. Sladen Japs at Home xviii ‘Wounded Pride’, though not very novelish, has a very interesting subject. 1931 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 31 Oct. 8/3 His part was not easy. Mr Hurley made him a little too novelish in parts, but Mr Webb carried the part through finely. 1994 Amer. Lit. 66 707 Book Four..is interested not in dramatizing or exploring..the..significance of this event but in educating Jim out of his initial, novelish response to it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1800
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