Dictionary entry

Novelty

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Nov″el‐ty (?), n.; pl.Novelties (#). [OF. novelté, F. nouveauté, 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.