english
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noun ADJ. great This tropical fruit is still a great novelty in Europe. | sheer The sheer novelty of the band's performance won them many fans. NOVELTY + VERB wear off The novelty of her new job soon wore off. NOVELTY + NOUN value A trip down a mine has great novelty value for most people. PHRASES be something of a novelty At that time the motor car was still something of a novelty.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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novelty
verbs
be a novelty
• At that time, air travel was still a novelty to many people.
phrases
be quite a novelty
(= seem quite new and different )
• In the 1970s, a woman sports reporter was quite a novelty.
transnet.ir
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noun
newness:
The novelty has worn off by now.
Simple Definitions