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novella

noun

Meaning

  1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
  2. A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
  3. A novelty; something new.
  4. A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
  5. A short novel or long short story.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

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Related words

novelette(English)short story(English)short short story(English)short short(English)storyette(English)light novel(English)storiette(English)storylet(English)nebula(English)locus(English)jekyll(English)hugo(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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