novel

/ˈnä-vəl/

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, "new"

adjective

  1. new and not resembling something formerly known or used

  2. not previously identified

  3. original or striking especially in conception or style

New technologies are posing novel problems.

transmission of a novel coronavirus

new novel original fresh mean having recently come into existence or use. new may apply to what is freshly made and unused or has not been known before

noun

  1. an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events

  2. the literary genre consisting of novels

noun

  1. a usually paperback melodramatic novel; especially : one popular in the U.S. from about the mid-19th century to the early 20th often featuring a Western theme