Noun: novelty nó-vul-tee
- Originality by virtue of being new and surprising
"The novelty of the approach caught everyone's attention";
- freshness
- Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
"The novelty of the concept attracted investors";
- freshness
- A small, inexpensive, mass-produced article
"The shelves were filled with colourful noveltys collected from her travels";
- knickknack, gimcrack, knick-knack, nick-nack [rare]
- Cheap showy jewellery or ornament on clothing
"She wore a dress covered in plastic novelties";
- bangle, bauble, gaud [archaic], gewgaw, fallal [archaic], trinket, geegaw, kickshaw [N. Amer]
Derived forms: novelties
Type of: adornment, article, originality
Part of: trinketry
Encyclopedia: Novelty, OH