newelty
English
Alternative forms
- newalty
Noun
newelty (plural newelties)
- (now England regional) Newness, novelty. [from 15th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- He believed he kept no particular mistress; for he had heard newelty, that was the man's word, was every thing with him.
- (now England regional) Something new; a piece of news. [from 15th c.]
- 1683, Aphra Behn, Young King, V.3:
- My Wife loves newalties abominationly, and I must tell her something about the King.
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