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>>290632 nov·el 2 adj. Strikingly new, unusual, or different.
nov·el 2 adjective of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea.
novel
adjective 1. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" [syn: fresh] 2. pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
Usage: Novel, New . Everything at its first occurrence is new; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound.
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