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novity Aug 2nd 2011, 09:58 Created New page ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l|en|novitee}} {{defdate|15ᵗʰ C.}} * {{l|en|nouite}}, {{l|en|nouitee}}, {{l|en|novite}}, {{l|en|nouitie}}, {{l|en|novitie}} {{defdate|16ᵗʰ C.}} * nouitie, novitie, {{l|en|nouity}} {{defdate|17ᵗʰ C.}} * novity {{defdate|17ᵗʰ C.–present}} ===Etymology=== Inherited from the {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|novite|novitē|an innovative practice|lang=enm}}, from the {{etyl|frm|en}} {{term|novité||novelty", "change", "innovation|lang=frm}}, from the {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|novitas|novītās|newness", "novelty"; "rareness", "strangeness"; "newness of rank"; "reformation|lang=la}}; cognate with the {{etyl|it|-}} {{term|novità|lang=it}}, the {{etyl|pt|-}} {{term|novidade|lang=pt}}, the {{etyl|ro|-}} {{term|noutate|lang=ro}}, and the {{etyl|es|-}} {{term|novedad|lang=es}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|RP}} {{enPR|nŏʹvĭtĭ}}, {{IPA|/ˈnɒvɪtɪ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"nQvItI/}} * {{a|UK}} {{enPR|nŏʹvĭti}}, {{IPA|/ˈnɒvᵻti/}}, {{SAMPA|/"nQvI\ti/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|nōʹvədi}}, {{IPA|/ˈnoʊvədi/}}, {{SAMPA|/"noUv@di/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|novities|-}} # {{countable|now|_|rare}} An {{l|en|innovation}}; a {{l|en|novelty}}. #* '''1460''', "Dublin documents" quoted by John Thomas Gilbert in ''Calendar of the Ancient Records of Dublin'' (1889), volume 1, page 307 #*: Such '''novitees''' hath not be uset afor this time. #* '''1972''' December 22ⁿᵈ, ''The Times Literary Supplement'', page 1,545, column 5 #*: The 'Jesus freaks' and other extravagant '''novities''' of American religious life. # {{uncountable|now|_|rare}} Novelty; {{l|en|newness}}. #* '''1569''', Henricus Cornelius Agrippa [aut.] and James Sanford [tr.], ''Of the Vanitie and Vncertaintie of Artes and Sciences'' (1ˢᵗ ed.), page 14b #*: With a '''nouitee''' or straungnesse full of trifles. #* '''1823''' December, Charles Lamb, "Amicus Redivivus" in ''The London Magazine'', page 615, column 1 #*: That unmeaning assumption of eternal '''novity'''. ===References=== * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.archive.org/stream/oed6barch#page/n1077/mode/2up No·vity]</span>" listed on page 244 of volume VI, part II (M–N), § ii (N) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary|A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles]]'' [1ˢᵗ ed., 1908] * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.oed.com/oed2/00160235 ˈnovity]</span>" listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' [2ⁿᵈ ed., 1989] * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/128813 novity, ''n.'']</span>" listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' [3ʳᵈ ed., December 2003]

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