Hypertext Webster Gateway: "novelties"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Novelty \Nov"el*ty\, n.; pl. {Novelties}. [OF. novelt['e], F.
nouveaut['e], 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
novelties
n : a small mass-produced article [syn: {knickknacks}]
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