different between novelty vs superstitious

English

Etymology

From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lti/
• Hyphenation: nov?el?ty

Noun

novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)

1. The state of being new or novel; newness.
2. A new product; an innovation.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.

3. A small mass-produced trinket.
4. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

Derived terms

• novelty song
• novelty theory

Translations

English

Etymology

Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstiti?sus, from superstitio + -?sus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?.p??st?.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u.p??st?.??s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

superstitious (comparative more superstitious, superlative most superstitious)

1. Susceptible to superstitions.
2. Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
3. (archaic) overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous

Synonyms

• freety

Derived terms

Related terms

• superstition

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