novelty
/ˈnɑvəlti/ noun B2- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
- An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
Plural novelties
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“Dead,—dead!” groaned forth Villefort, in a paroxysm of grief, which was the more terrible from the novelty of the sensation in the iron heart of that man.
But Lady Catherine seemed gratified by their excessive admiration, and gave most gracious smiles, especially when any dish on the table proved a novelty to them.
The Gardiners stayed only one night at Longbourn, and set off the next morning with Elizabeth in pursuit of novelty and amusement.
You’ve been thirteen for a month, so I suppose it doesn’t seem such a novelty to you as it does to me.
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