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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Novelty \Nov"el*ty\, noun; 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.
3. A small mass-produced article of little value; a knickknack.
Syn: knickknack. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
novelty
noun
1: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn: {freshness}]
2: originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn: {freshness}]
3: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: {knickknack}]
4: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: {bangle}, {bauble}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {fallal}, {trinket}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "novelty": advance guard, authenticity, avant-garde, bauble, brand-newness, callowness, craze, creativeness, creativity, dewiness, fad, faddiness, faddishness, faddism, faddist, freshness, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, gloss of novelty, greenness, immaturity, innovation, innovativeness, intactness, inventiveness, kickshaw, lateness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, maidenhood, mint condition, new look, newbornness, newfangled device, newfangledness, newfangleness, newness, nonimitation, novelness, nowness, originality, ornament, plaything, presentness, pristineness, rage, rawness, recency, recentness, strangeness, the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, toy, trifle, trinket, uncommonness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, unusualness, vanguard, virginity, wrinkle
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Novelty, MO (town, FIPS 53516) Location: 40.01257 N, 92.20743 W Population (1990): 143 (71 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63460 Novelty, OH Zip code(s): 44072
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Novelty, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri Population (2000): 119 Housing Units (2000): 66 Land area (2000): 0.276614 sq. miles (0.716426 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.276614 sq. miles (0.716426 sq. km) FIPS code: 53516 Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29 Location: 40.012209 N, 92.207594 W ZIP Codes (1990): 63460 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Novelty, MO Novelty
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