novel

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈnɒvəl/]

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1. novel (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

Example: If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy. Fifty years ago there was ſcarcely a Novel in the kingdom. Romances, indeed, abounded; but they, it is ſuppoſed, were rather favorable to virtue.

2. novel (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

Example: merry tales[…]such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.

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