novelty
Other forms: novelties
Novelty is a newness or refreshing quality. Many college freshmen enjoy the novelty of living on their own — until it comes time to do that first load of laundry.
You'll often hear people talk about the novelty of a new experience — imagine the excitement and anticipation of cracking open a novel you’ve never read before to help remember the word. But novelty is also a term for a small toy or trinket, usually mass-produced. Novelty shops sell all kinds of funny knickknacks, from personalized flashlight key chains to stuffed singing hamsters.
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originality by virtue of being refreshingly novelsynonyms: freshnesstype of:originalitythe quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
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originality by virtue of being new and surprisingsynonyms: freshnesstype of:originalitythe ability to think and act independently
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a small inexpensive mass-produced articlesynonyms: knickknacktype of:articleone of a class of artifacts
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cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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Vocabulary lists containing novelty
Looking for some new words? Learn this list of terms based on neo-, a Greek prefix meaning "new," and novare, Latin for "to make new."