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newness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈn(j)uːnəs/

Etymology

From Middle English newnesse, from Old English nīewnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being new; novelty; recency.
   • Thankfully, that sense of newness does come in the form of Ke Huy Quan’s Gary De’Snake, the first reptilian addition to Zootopia‘s all-mammal cast. 2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club:
   • The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell.
   • Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor. 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
   • The newness is gone / The newness is gone / So why should we make pretend / When our love affair is destined to end 1976, Eddie Kendricks, “The Newness Is Gone”, in Goin' Up in Smoke:

Forms

Relateds

brand-newness

Translations (29)

te కొత్తదనం (novelty) · de Neuheit (novelty) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (novelty) · lv jaunums (novelty) · ga núíosacht (novelty) · it novità (novelty) · fa نویی (novelty) · hi नूतनता (novelty) · ta புதுமை (novelty) · ru новизна́ (novelty) · ga úrmhaire (novelty) · ga nua (novelty) · fr nouveauté (novelty) · ang nīewnes (novelty) · nl nieuwheid (novelty) · pt novidade (novelty) · bg новост (novelty) · hi नवीनता (novelty) · ga úire (novelty) · ru новь (novelty) · pl nowość (novelty) · es novedad (novelty) · hi नयापन (novelty) · la novitās (novelty) · hy նորություն (novelty) · fi uutuus (novelty) · tr yenilik (novelty) · ro noutate (novelty) · grc νεότης (novelty)