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novel
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[ noun ] (writing) a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)It is one of the most entertaining and irresponsible novels of the season . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Despite the sheer beauty and spectacle of numerous documentaries , art films , and travelogues , despite the impressive financial success of such a recent development as Cinerama , the movies are at_heart a form of fiction , like the play , the novel , or the short_story . So is the time of the novel . Staggeringly condensed versions of famous novels and famous plays were presented . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)In his novel The_House_of_the_Dead , Dostoevsky tells of his experiences in a Siberian prison_camp . Related terms fiction roman_a_clef novelette romance roman_fleuve detective_novel dime_novel |
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[ adjective ] of a kind not seen before
Examples "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)London explains that the very distinct directional effect in the Phase 4 series is due in large part to their novel methods of microphoning and recording the music on a number of separate tape channels . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Dr._H._V._Hilprecht , Professor of Assyrian at the University_of_Pennsylvania , dreamed that a Babylonian priest , associated with the king Kurigalzu , ( 1300 B.C. . ) escorted him to the treasure chamber of the temple of Bel , gave him six novel points of information about a certain broken relic , and corrected an error in its identification . Nevertheless , there are notably frequent instances of deja_vu , in which our recognition of an entirely novel event is a feeling of having lived through it before , a feeling which , though vague , withstands the verbal barrage from the most impressive corps of psychologists . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] pleasantly novel or different
Synonyms Examples "common sense of a most refreshing sort" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
Examples "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels" "he burned all the novels" Related terms |
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