Novum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Novum is a noun meaning A new feature, a novelty.
Meaning
A new feature, a novelty.
More Meanings
- (narratology, science fiction) An innovation which is fictional, but, following the logic of cognitive estrangement (characteristic of science fiction), is afforded plausibility by the assumption that the fictional setting is scientifically consistent.
- (obsolete, uncountable) A game of dice, properly called novem quinque, the two principal throws being nine and five.
Example Sentences
Abate throw at novum, and the whole world again Cannot pick out five such, take each one in his vein.
we find among the cultured devotees a tendency to idealize a foreign civilisation — a novum in Chinese history.
Word Forms
- novums
- nova
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mg, ortho, novelty, novelry, neoterism, newth.
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