novelty
noun
[ ˈnɒv(ə)lti ]
• the quality of being new, original, or unusual.
• "the novelty of being a married woman wore off"
Similar:
originality,
newness,
freshness,
unconventionality,
unfamiliarity,
unusualness,
difference,
imaginativeness,
creativity,
creativeness,
innovativeness,
innovation,
modernity,
modernness,
break with tradition,
• a small and inexpensive toy or ornament.
• "he bought chocolate novelties to decorate the Christmas tree"
Similar:
knick-knack,
trinket,
bauble,
toy,
trifle,
gewgaw,
gimcrack,
ornament,
curiosity,
memento,
souvenir,
kickshaw,
gaud,
folderol,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French novelte, from novel ‘new, fresh’ (see novel2).
