Question

novel His techniques for dealing with these disturbed young people were novel, and they caught the attention of the institute's director. ˈnɑvəl

Accepted Answer

(1) New and not resembling something formerly known or used. (2) Original and striking, especially in conception or style. If someone tells you that you've come up with a novel idea or a novel interpretation of something, it's probably a compliment: not everyone is capable of original thinking. But not everything new is terribly worthwhile; a novelty, for example, is often a cute (or maybe just silly) little object that you might put on a display shelf in your house. It may seem surprising that the familiar noun novel is related as well. In the 14th century, Italian writers began writing collections of short tales, each of which they called a novella because it represented a new literary form; from this word, three centuries later, the English coined the noun novel

word	novel
definition	(1) New and not resembling something formerly known or used. (2) Original and striking, especially in conception or style.
eg_sentence	His techniques for dealing with these disturbed young people were novel, and they caught the attention of the institute's director.
explanation	If someone tells you that you've come up with a novel idea or a novel interpretation of something, it's probably a compliment: not everyone is capable of original thinking. But not everything new is terribly worthwhile; a novelty, for example, is often a cute (or maybe just silly) little object that you might put on a display shelf in your house. It may seem surprising that the familiar noun novel is related as well. In the 14th century, Italian writers began writing collections of short tales, each of which they called a novella because it represented a new literary form; from this word, three centuries later, the English coined the noun novel
IPA	ˈnɑvəl

Original Noun Resembling Striking Conception Style Techniques Dealing