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novella.

A short novel or long short story.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/nəˈvɛlə/UK/nəʊˈvɛlə/UK/nəˈvɛlə/US/noʊˈvɛlə/US
  1. A short novel or long short story.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.

noun/nəˈvɛlə/UK/nəʊˈvɛlə/UK/nəˈvɛlə/US/noʊˈvɛlə/US
  1. Synonym of novel (“a new legal constitution”)

    Byzantine · Roman · historical
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin novella. Doublet of novel.

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