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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nov•el1 /ˈnɑvəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Literaturea long written story, usually fairly complicated, about characters and events that have been invented by the writer.
See -nov-.nov•el2 /ˈnɑvəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of a new kind;
different from anything seen or known before:novel solutions to old problems.
See -nov-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nov•el1 (nov′əl),USA pronunciation n. - Literaturea fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- Literature(formerly) novella (def. 1).
- Italian novella (storia) new kind of story. See novel2
- 1560–70
nov′el•like′, adj. nov•el2 (nov′əl),USA pronunciation adj. - of a new kind;
different from anything seen or known before:a novel idea.
- Latin novellus fresh, young, novel, diminutive of novus new
- Middle French, Old French)
- late Middle English (1375–1425
nov•el3 (nov′əl),USA pronunciation n. - Law[Roman Law.]
- an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials.
- Usually, Novels, imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- Law[Civil Law.]an amendment to a statute.
- Late Latin novella (constitūtiō) a new (regulation, order). See novel2
- 1605–15
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