novity

== English == === Alternative forms === novitee [15th century] nouite, nouitee, novite, nouitie, novitie [16th century] nouitie, novitie, nouity [17th century] novity [17th century to the present] === Etymology === Inherited from the Middle English novitē (“an innovative practice”), borrowed from Middle French novité (“novelty, change, innovation”), from the Latin novitās (“newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness of rank; reformation”); cognate with the Italian novità, the Portuguese novidade, the Romanian noutate, and the Spanish novedad. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nŏʹvĭtĭ, IPA(key): /ˈnɒvɪtɪ/ (General American) enPR: nŏʹvĭti, IPA(key): /ˈnɑvɪti/ === Noun === novity (countable and uncountable, plural novities) (countable, now rare) An innovation; a novelty. 1460, “Dublin documents” quoted by John Thomas Gilbert in Calendar of the Ancient Records of Dublin (1889), volume 1, page 307 (uncountable, now rare) Novelty; newness. ==== Translations ==== === References === “No·vity” listed on page 244 of volume VI, part II (M–N), § ii (N) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1908] “ˈnovity” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] “novity, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2003]