Look up: novel

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   novel
   [adj] - pleasantly novel or different 2. [n] - a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction 3. [n] - a extended fictional work in prose
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   novel
   Extended fictional prose narrative, usually between 30,000...
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   Novel
   Nov'el adjective [ Old French novel , nuvel , French nouvel , nouveau , Latin novellus , dim. of novus new. See New .] Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. » In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and post ...
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   Novel
   Nov'el noun [ French nouvelle . See Novel , adjective ] 1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty. 2. plural News; fresh tidings. [ Obsolete] « Some came of curiosity to hear some novels .» Latimer. 3. A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exh ...
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   novel
   Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. ... In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors. Novel assignment, a new assignment or specifi ...
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   novel
   refreshing adjective pleasantly new or different; `common sense of a most refreshing sort`
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   novel
   noun a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; `his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels`; `he burned all the novels`
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   novel
   noun a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
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   Novel
   A `novel` (from, Italian `novella`, Spanish `novela`, French `nouvelle` for `new`, `news`, or `short story of something new`) is today a long prose narrative set out in writing. The seventeenth-century genre conflict between long romances and short novels, novellas, has brought definitions of both traditions into the modern usage of the term.
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    Novel
    • (a.) Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. • (a.) That which is new or unusual; a novelty. • (a.) News; fresh tidings. • (a.) A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the...
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    novel
    an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience, usually through a ... [19 related articles]
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    novel
    novel 1. New and different, often in an interesting, unusual, or inventive way. 2. Strikingly new, unusual, or different; of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. Everything at its first occurrence is considered to be new; that is, novel or which is so much out of the ordinary ...
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    novel
    Long piece of fictional prose with a large number of characters, plots, settings. Sometimes the difference between a short novel and a long short story are not too great although the plot in a novel is usually rather complex.
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    novel
    novel, in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily brief. Although the novel has a place in the literatures of all nations, this article concentrates on the evolution ...
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