3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Novelty \Nov"el*ty\, n.; pl {Novelties}. [OF. novelt['e], F.
nouveaut['e], L. novellitas.]
1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness;
recentness of origin or introduction.
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South.
2. Something novel; a new or strange thing
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
novelty
n 1: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn: {freshness}]
2: originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn: {freshness}]
3: cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing [syn: {bangle},
{bauble}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {trinket}, {fallal}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Novelty, MO (town, FIPS 53516)
Location: 40.01257 N, 92.20743 W
Population (1990): 143 (71 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63460
Novelty, OH
Zip code(s): 44072
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