novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
(noun) someone new to a field or activity
novitiate, novice
(noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
Source: WordNet® 3.1
novice (plural novices)
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. [from 14th c.]
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]
• (person new to an activity): amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling
• See also beginner
• nocive
Source: Wiktionary
Nov"ice, n. Etym: [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]
1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.
2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Tim. iii. 6.
3. (Eccl.)
Definition: One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.
Nov"ice, a.
Definition: Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
