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/ˈnɒvəl/ · adjective
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new..
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.
Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph.
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.
Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle.
The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]
Use novel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Novel means Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new..
Common synonyms include new, all-new, brand new, brand spanking new.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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