novel
21novel — I n 1. narrative, story, tale, account, history, chronicle, saga, yarn; fiction, romance, Fr. roman; drama, adventure, mystery, detective novel or fiction, Inf. whodunit, thriller, suspense novel, spy novel, intrigue, science fiction, Sl. sci fi… …
22novel — 01. Margaret Atwood has written a number of well known Canadian [novels]. 02. I ve just finished reading an excellent [novel] about a gourmet chef that goes around murdering people for fun. 03. There are many interesting [novelists] in our… …
23novel — nov|el1 W3 [ˈnɔvəl US ˈna: ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: novella; NOVELLA] a long written story in which the characters and events are usually imaginary →↑fiction ▪ a novel by Jane Austen ▪ It took Vikram Seth three years to write his… …
24novel — (Del cat. novell, nuevo.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino femenino Que es principiante o inexperto en una actividad: ■ a pesar de ser un escritor novel, su obra tiene cuerpo y consistencia argumental; los noveles premiados saludaron tímidamente… …
25novel — n. 1) to publish; write a novel 2) a detective, mystery; dime; historical novel 3) (misc.) to make a novel into a film * * * [ nɒv(ə)l] dime historical novel mystery write a novel (misc.) to make a novel into a film a detective to publish …
26novel — {{11}}novel (adj.) new, strange, unusual, early 15c., but little used before 1600, from O.Fr. novel, nouvel new, young, fresh, recent; additional; early, soon (Mod.Fr. nouveau, fem. nouvelle), from L. novellus new, young, recent, dim. of novus… …
27novel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. story, book, romance, epic; novella. See description, writing. adj. new, unusual, different, remarkable, unique. See newness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. new, odd, innovative, different; see original… …
28novel — [[t]nɒ̱v(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ novels 1) N COUNT A novel is a long written story about imaginary people and events. ...a novel by Herman Hesse... His first works of fiction were historical novels set in the time of the Pharaohs. 2) ADJ GRADED Novel things… …
29novel — English has acquired the word novel in several distinct instalments. First to arrive was the adjective, ‘new’ [15], which came via Old French from Latin novellus, a derivative of novus ‘new’ (to which English new is distantly related). (The Old… …
30novel — English has acquired the word novel in several distinct instalments. First to arrive was the adjective, ‘new’ [15], which came via Old French from Latin novellus, a derivative of novus ‘new’ (to which English new is distantly related). (The Old… …
