bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket
(noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
knickknack, novelty
(noun) a small inexpensive mass-produced article
freshness, novelty
(noun) originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
novelty, freshness
(noun) originality by virtue of being new and surprising
Source: WordNet® 3.1
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
The state of being new or novel; newness.
A new product; an innovation.
A small mass-produced trinket.
In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
Named in the 1850s after the novelty goods sold by a local merchant.
Novelty
A village in Missouri.
Source: Wiktionary
Nov"el*ty, n.; pl. Novelties. Etym: [OF. novelté, F. nouveauté, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
