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Meanings of novelty in English

Catalan
requincalla
Spanish
dije

Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.

requincalla
Portuguese
frescura
Catalan
novetat
Spanish
novedad

Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel.

frescura

A small inexpensive mass-produced article.

Synonyms
Examples for "knickknack"
Examples for "knickknack"
1
Flagg reached a knickknack shelf populated with a milky-green menagerie of jade animals.
The stand
2
When Molly's around, you're an inanimate knickknack until I say otherwise.
White night
3
Every peso, every bar, every knickknack I have handled with my own hands.
Rainbow's End
4
Finally, the package will squeeze in an interesting knickknack, a Crow T. Robot figurine.
Wired
5
She is not worth more than any piece of emptiness, any trifle, or knickknack.
Atlantis
Usage of novelty in English
1
The novelty is the pressure since 1989 from central and eastern Europe.
The Irish Times
2
I shall add one more example for the sake of its novelty.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
3
These short-term practice effects suggest changes in neural activity with stimulus novelty.
Pubmed
4
The present study evaluates whether phenotype may affect spontaneous, non-spatial novelty discrimination.
Pubmed
5
The novelty is all superficial; the tradition is all interior and profound.
Tremendous Trifles
6
Obviously sometimes, just for the novelty value, the vehicle really is stolen.
Broken Homes
7
Varadkar embodies novelty, not just in Irish politics but in Irish society.
The Irish Times
8
To occur in the human species nature need call in no novelty.
The Things Which Remain / An Address To Young Ministers
9
Bishkek Letter: Bishkek marches, like freedom of speech, are still a novelty.
The Irish Times
10
Mutation, for example, is another mechanism-oneway in which novelty gets introduced.
The story of edgar sawtelle
11
The novelty of playing hero faded quickly in light of my situation.
The Name of the Wind
12
The novelty of the situation lay in that their revolt was passive.
The Iron Heel
13
However, the novelty of his surroundings didn't distract Gregg from his job.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
14
There was novelty in it, and it satisfied the lust for killing.
The Mystery
15
Without that ubiquity, Square Wallet was never able to rise above novelty.
Wired
16
To me it has in a great measure the charm of novelty.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
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Translations for novelty
Novelty through the time
Novelty across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common