1. n.1 a fictitious prose story of book length.
2 (prec. by the) this type of literature.
Etymology: It. novella (storia story) fem. of novello new f. L novellus f. novus 2. adj. of a new kind or nature; strange; previously unknown.
Derivatives:
novelly adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L novellus f. novus new