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- Dictionarynov·el/ˈnäv(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism: "the novels of Jane Austen"
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The meaning of NOVEL is new and not resembling something formerly known or used. How to use novel in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Novel.
noun. an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story. the novel. the literary genre represented by novels. obsolete. usually plural a short story or novella, as one of those in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
a long, printed story about imaginary characters and events: literary / romance novels.
noun. an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story. the novel. the literary genre represented by novels. obsolete. usually plural a short story or novella, as one of those in the Decameron of Boccaccio. novel. 2. / ˈnɒvəl / adjective.
The noun novel describes a book-length work of fiction. New and novel come from the same Indo-European root but by different paths. Whereas new is a Germanic word coming from Old English, novel is based on Latin novellus "new, young, fresh." If something is novel, it is new but also original, fresh and unique.
Oct 28, 2024 · novel, an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience, usually through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.
a long, printed story about imaginary characters and events: literary / romance novels.
