[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

novelty \nov"elty\, n.; pl. novelties. of. novelt'e, f.
   nouveaut'e, l. novellitas.
   1. the quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness;
      recentness of origin or introduction.
      1913 webster

            novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --south.
      1913 webster

   2. something novel; a new or strange thing.
      1913 webster

   3. a small mass-produced article of little value; a
      knickknack.

   syn: knickknack.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
novelties 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

novelty
     n 1: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel syn: freshness
     2: originality by virtue of being new and surprising syn: freshness
     3: a small inexpensive mass-produced article syn: knickknack
     4: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing syn: bangle,
        bauble, gaud, gewgaw, fallal, trinket
see also:
freshness knickknack bangle bauble gaud gewgaw 
fallal trinket 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "novelty":
   advance guard, authenticity, avant-garde, bauble, brand-newness,
   callowness, craze, creativeness, creativity, dewiness, fad,
   faddiness, faddishness, faddism, faddist, freshness, gewgaw,
   gimcrack, gimmick, gloss of novelty, greenness, immaturity,
   innovation, innovativeness, intactness, inventiveness, kickshaw,
   lateness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, maidenhood,
   mint condition, new look, newbornness, newfangled device,
   newfangledness, newfangleness, newness, nonimitation, novelness,
   nowness, originality, ornament, plaything, presentness,
   pristineness, rage, rawness, recency, recentness, strangeness,
   the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, toy, trifle,
   trinket, uncommonness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, unusualness,
   vanguard, virginity, wrinkle

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

novelty, mo town, fips 53516
  location: 40.01257 n, 92.20743 w
  population 1990: 143 71 housing units
  area: 0.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 63460
novelty, oh
  zip codes: 44072

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

novelty, mo -- u.s. village in missouri
   population 2000:    119
   housing units 2000: 66
   land area 2000:     0.276614 sq. miles 0.716426 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.276614 sq. miles 0.716426 sq. km
   fips code:            53516
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             40.012209 n, 92.207594 w
   zip codes 1990:     63460
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    novelty, mo
    novelty

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