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novel
Part of speech: AdjectiveOf recent origin or introduction; as, a novel plan; new, strange, or unusual.
Part of speech: NounA long, fictitious story, in which the scenes, characters, and events are such as would be met with in real life.
Usage examples "novel":- For half a year it ran in 'Belgravia' side by side with a novel of my own, and under those conditions I read as much as I could stand of it. - "My Contemporaries In Fiction", David Christie Murray.
- They say there's a novel been made out of it. - "Imaginary Interviews", W. D. Howells.
- There is, of course, a story in Mr. Froude's novel. - "Reviews", Oscar Wilde.