Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.