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[ US /ˈnɑvəɫti/ ]
[ UK /nˈɒvə‍lti/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small inexpensive mass-produced article
  2. originality by virtue of being new and surprising
  3. originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
  4. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

How To Use novelty In A Sentence

  • What is at stake in this novelty could scarcely be greater.
  • We then walked through a natural arch in the rock, which might have pleased us by its novelty, had the stones, which incumbered our feet, given us leisure to consider it. A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
  • When apparel maker Betabrand created a pair of khaki pants whose back-pocket linings and hems could be exposed to reveal reflective fabric, it expected the pants to be a short-term novelty item. Beyond Spandex: Chic Styles for Cyclists Take Off
  • When it comes to monster movies, novelty is not the be-all end-all; there is always room for a splashy new death or a witty recontextualization, but there are benefits to sticking to the formula. Farihah Zaman: 2010 Fantastic Fest #3: All Creatures Great and Small; Zombies, Vampires, and Terrible Human Beings
  • However, since this mode was included in previous versions, it feels more like a postscript than a true addition or novelty.
  • Of the third, S. Bernard saith: Three things there be that make the death of saints precious, rest of travail, joy of novelty, surety of perdurability. The Golden Legend, vol. 6
  • A little bit of attention and a few small victories do not change the fact that you are still, for the most part, a novelty act, like a horse that can count by stomping its hooves.
  • When times are hard or not so, rummaging through other people's (and I have to admit sometimes dead people's) cast-offs and unwanted novelty kitchen items is a fine way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
  • He wore a red nose and novelty glasses for comic effect.
  • Previous to her marriage she was head "saleslady" at the "Little Sailor" * novelty shop, corner of Quai Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1
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