novelty: Meaning and Definition of

nov•el•ty

1. state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job.
2. a novel occurrence, experience, or proceeding: His sarcastic witticisms had ceased being an entertaining novelty.
3. an article of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, or the like and whose appeal is often transitory: a store catering to tourists who loaded up with souvenir pennants and other novelties.

1. (of a weave) consisting of a combination of basic weaves.
2. (of a fabric or garment) having a pattern or design produced by a novelty weave.
3. (of yarn) having irregularities within the fibrous structure.
2. of or pertaining to novelties as articles of trade: novelty goods; novelty items.
3. having or displaying novelties: novelty shop.