Novelty \Nov"el*ty\, n.; pl. Novelties. [OF. novelt['e], F. nouveaut['e], L. novellitas.]

1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South.

2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)