novella

no·vel·la

noun \nō-ˈve-lə\

plural novellas or no·vel·le\-ˈve-lē\

Definition of NOVELLA

1

plural novelle : a story with a compact and pointed plot

2

plural usually novellas : a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel

Examples of NOVELLA

1. <pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works>

Origin of NOVELLA

Italian, from feminine of novello new, from Latin novellus

First Known Use: 1898

Related to NOVELLA

Synonyms: narrative, novelette, story, short story, tale, yarn

Related Words: bedtime story; exemplum, fable, parable; anecdote, joke; fairy tale, folktale, legend, myth, romance; account, annals, chronicle, history, record, report

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Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with NOVELLA

Capella, chlorella, favela, glabella, lamella, Mandela, nigella, paella, patella, predella, prunella, quiniela, rubella, sequela, umbrella, vanilla