newfangled contraption

Main Entry:	novelty [nov-uhl-tee] Show IPA/ˈnɒvəlti/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	newness, originality
Synonyms:	change, crazy, creation, dernier cri, freshness, innovation, last word, modernity, mutation, newfangled contraption, oddball, oddity, original, origination, permutation, recentness, sport, strangeness, surprise, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, vicissitude, weird*

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	newfangledness
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	novelty
Synonyms:	change, crazy, creation, dernier cri, freshness, innovation, innovativeness, last word, modernity, mutation, newfangled contraption, newness, oddball, oddity, original, originality, origination, permutation, recentness, sport, strangeness, surprise, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, vicissitude, weird*

* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry:	novelty
Part of Speech:	noun
Related Adjectives:	brand, fresh, fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as paint, green, immature, inchoate, just out, late, modern, neoteric, new, new, new, newborn, of yesterday, raw, recent, renovated, spick and span, unbeaten, unhandled, untried, untrodden, vernal, virgin, young

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