'Novelty' definitions:
Definition of 'novelty'
(from WordNet)
noun
Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn: freshness, novelty]
noun
Originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn: novelty, freshness]
noun
A small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: knickknack, novelty]
noun
Definition of 'Novelty'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something novel; a new or strange thing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A small mass-produced article of little value; a knickknack.
- Syn: knickknack. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'novelty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance guard,
- authenticity,
- avant-garde,
- bauble,
- brand-newness,
- callowness,
- craze,
- creativeness,
- creativity,
- dewiness,
- fad,
- faddiness,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- faddist,
- freshness,
- gewgaw,
- gimcrack,
- gimmick,
- gloss of novelty,
- greenness,
- immaturity,
- innovation,
- innovativeness,
- intactness,
- inventiveness,
- kickshaw,
- lateness,
- latest fad,
- latest fashion,
- latest wrinkle,
- maidenhood,
- mint condition,
- new look,
- newbornness,
- newfangled device,
- newfangledness,
- newfangleness,
- newness,
- nonimitation,
- novelness,
- nowness,
- originality,
- ornament,
- plaything,
- presentness,
- pristineness,
- rage,
- rawness,
- recency,
- recentness,
- strangeness,
- the in thing,
- the last word,
- the latest thing,
- toy,
- trifle,
- trinket,
- uncommonness,
- unfamiliarity,
- uniqueness,
- unusualness,
- vanguard,
- virginity,
- wrinkle
Novelty, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Novelty, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000) :
119
Housing Units (2000) :
66
Land area (2000) :
0.276614 sq. miles (0.716426 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.276614 sq. miles (0.716426 sq. km)
FIPS code :
53516
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
40.012209 N, 92.207594 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
63460
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.