novelty, noveltee

[Old Fr. nov elite it, from Lat. novellitatem, acc us. of novel litas =newne ; no vellus =new; Fr. nouveauté.] 1. The quality or state of being novel, new, or strange; newne , freshne . IMG:content-0145.png:[blocks in formation] 2869 2. Something novel, new, or strange; that which is new or fresh. "First to surprising novelties inclined." Pitt: Vida; Art of Poetry, iii. *nov-el-wright ( gh silent), s. [Eng. novel , and wright.] A novelist. ( Carlyle , quoted in Fraser's Mag . , Oct., 1882, p. 516.) *nō-věm, *nō-vŭm, s . [Lat. novem =nine.] A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (nine five), played by five or six persons, and in which the principal throws were nine and five. "Abate a throw at novum." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , v. 2. Nō-věm-běr, s. [Lat., from novem =nine, from its having been originally the ninth month of the year.] The eleventh month of the year, following October, and containing thirty days. November-meteors, s. pl . [METEOR.] November-moth, s. IMG:content-0146.png:[blocks in formation] mon in November.