Definitions For Novity

Noun

NOVITY (plural novities) (countable, now, _, rare) An innovation; a novelty. (uncountable, now, _, rare) Novelty; newness.

Translations

novity, novelty

Alternative forms

novitee 15th century nouite, nouitee, novite, nouitie, novitie 16th century nouitie, novitie, nouity 17th century novity 17th century to the present

Etymology

Inherited from the Middle English novite, novitē, an innovative practice, borrowed from {{bor, en, frm, novité, , novelty, change, innovation}}, from the {{der, en, la, novitās, , newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness of rank; reformation}}; cognate with the {{cog, it, novità}}, the {{cog, pt, novidade}}, the {{cog, ro, noutate}}, and the {{cog, es, novedad}}.