Novel

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

2. News; fresh tidings. [Obs.] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. Latimer.

3. A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love. Dryden.

4. A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Synonyms: New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare; unusual. Novel, New . Everything at its first occurrence is new; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound.