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1999 novel by Thea Astley
central Queensland town, "Drylands", and continues to run the local newsagency following the death of her farmer husband, Ted. Drylands and surrounds - offset
Drylands_(novel)
Topics referred to by the same term
Dryland, drylands, dry land, or dry lands may also refer to: Dryland farming "Dry Land", 1975 song Drylands (novel), 1999 book by Thea Astley Dryland
Dryland_(disambiguation)
Novel by James A. Michener
forces of Pancho Villa. Chapter 13: Drylands This chapter has two distinct plot lines. One covers the growth of dryland farming on the plains in the early
Centennial_(novel)
1930s period of severe dust storms in North America
natural factors (severe drought) and human-made factors: a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion, most notably the destruction of
Dust_Bowl
1998 novel by Murray Bail
Eucalyptus is a 1998 novel by Australian novelist Murray Bail. The book won the 1999 Miles Franklin Award, the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the
Eucalyptus_(novel)
1999 novel by Indigenous Australian author Kim Scott
From the Heart is a 1999 novel by Indigenous Australian author Kim Scott. It shared the 2000 Miles Franklin Award with Drylands by Thea Astley. One of the
Benang:_From_the_Heart
American author (1952–2018)
In 1994, she won the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel for the novel, The Drylands. In 2009 she won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History
Mary_Rosenblum
1995 post-apocalyptic action film
known as atolls, having long forgotten about living on land. Rumors of a "Dryland" still exist, but it is considered a myth by most. The Mariner, a lone
Waterworld
Novel by Thea Astley
Astley's second to last novel. It won The Age Book of the Year in 1996, and was shortlisted for the 1997 Miles Franklin Award. The novel is based on a violent
The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow
The_Multiple_Effects_of_Rainshadow
Greek-Australian artist and academic
multidisciplinary artist and academic most famous for his graphic novels, Tales of The Smiths, Dryland, and Rebel Rebel. Chrisoulis was born in Victoria, Australia
Con_Chrisoulis
Canadian musician (born 1964)
featured on vocals on the Mel Parsons song "Don't Wait", from her 2015 album, Drylands. In 2023, Sexsmith appeared on the track "Granddad's Song" by Swedish singer-songwriter
Ron_Sexsmith
Dog bred for a specific type of work
Drafting may be done competitively and drafting as a sport is also known as dryland mushing and is practiced all around the world, often to keep winter sled
Drafting_(dog)
Crime novel by Australian writer Garry Disher
Consolation (2020) is a crime novel by Australian writer Garry Disher. It was the third novel to feature his recurring character Paul "Hirsch" Hirschhausen
Consolation_(novel)
Australian novelist and short story writer (1925 – 2004)
Rainshadow 1999: Miles Franklin Award for Drylands 2000: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Fiction Book Award for Drylands 2002: New South Wales Premier's Literary
Thea_Astley
Practice of developing agriculture in deserts
Stewart, Water and Cereals in Drylands published by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Earthscan Water and Cereals in Drylands
Desert_farming
Type of heavily eroded terrain
D., ed. (2011). Arid zone geomorphology: process, form and change in drylands (3rd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-470-51909-7
Badlands
Tunisian-Italian actress (1938–2025)
Progress' and the International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research". UNESCO. 22 June 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March
Claudia_Cardinale
Science fiction character
ambiguously revealed the Doctor as a child often slept alone in a barn in the Drylands (a desert region outside the city capital), was withdrawn from other children
The_Doctor
1978 American TV series or program
Centennial, Colorado, from 1795 to the 1970s. It was based on the 1974 novel of the same name by James A. Michener and was produced by John Wilder. With
Centennial_(miniseries)
Indian film lyricist, poet, and novelist
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. Kallikkattu Ithikasam (The Saga of the Drylands) Kallikkattu Ithikasam depicts the story of the people of a village who
Vairamuthu
Prize: Lucy Dougan, Memory Shell Miles Franklin Award: Tie: Thea Astley, Drylands; Kim Scott, Benang Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje
2000_in_literature
Herbivorous mammal
lead almost exclusively solitary lives. Although they frequently live in dryland forests, tapirs with access to rivers spend a good deal of time in and
Tapir
2000 novel by Matthew Fitt
only unsubmerged part of Britain – the Highlands now being known as the Drylands. Damage to the ozone layer has resulted in much higher levels of UV light
But_n_Ben_A-Go-Go
City in Rajasthan, India
not entirely successful in turning the kingdom's economy around, and the drylands of Jaisalmer remained backward compared with other regions of Rajputana
Jaisalmer
Major river in northeast Africa
Academia. ISBN 995330050X. Retrieved 31 January 2026. Beaumont, Peter (1993). Drylands: Environmental Management and Development. Routledge. ISBN 0415004578.
Nile
Speculative fiction award for first novel
Reefsong 1993: Holly Lisle, Fire in the Mist 1994: Mary Rosenblum, The Drylands 1995: Doranna Durgin, Dun Lady's Jess 1996: Daniel Graham Jr., The Gatekeepers
Compton_Crook_Award
Fictional world created by George R. R. Martin
The fictional world in which the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents, known collectively
World of A Song of Ice and Fire
World_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
American novelist
best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her
B._M._Bower
Country in South Asia
ISSN 0006-3568. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869. "Forests, Grasslands, and Drylands – Sri Lanka" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October
Sri_Lanka
Cap-aux-Meules Formation (Quebec, Canada), including fossil material of dryland vegetation, tetrapod trackways resembling ichnotaxa characteristic of the
2026_in_paleontology
Capital and largest city of Spain
Wheeler, Stephen M.; Abunnasr, Yaser (2019). "Urban heat island behaviors in dryland regions". Environmental Research Communications. 1 (8): 5–6. Bibcode:2019ERCom
Madrid
Country in East Africa
cross-border activities to improve livelihood security in the Horn of Africa drylands Archived 12 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. London: Overseas Development
Ethiopia
Australian literature award
Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any
Miles_Franklin_Award
British family
president of the UK charity Tree Aid, which enables communities in Africa's drylands to fight poverty and become self-reliant, while improving the environment
Huxley_family
Genus of grass cultivated for grain
and awn removal on grain yield and yield components of wheat grown under dryland conditions". Field Crops Research. 8: 307–313. Bibcode:1984FCrRe...8..307D
Wheat
Pakistani poet and author (1911-1984)
Faiz Ahmed Faiz became a poet". Scroll.in. Retrieved 13 February 2023. Dryland, Estelle (1992). "Faiz Ahmed Faiz and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case".
Faiz_Ahmad_Faiz
Autonomous community of Spain
soils the Spanish call bujeo, or tierras negras andaluzas, excellent for dryland farming. In other zones, the whiter albariza provides an excellent soil
Andalusia
Holocene climate period during which northern Africa was wetter than today
expanded in the Bale Mountains. Different types of vegetation, including dryland vegetation, existed at Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika however, and vegetation
African_humid_period
River by Richard Anderson Driving to Vernonia by George Byron Wright The Drylands by Mary Rosenblum Each Bright River by Mildred Masterson McNeilly Eating
List_of_fiction_set_in_Oregon
Former Australian literary awards 1999–2012
Year Title Author Ref 1999 Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse Les Murray 2000 Drylands Thea Astley 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey 2002 The
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
Queensland_Premier's_Literary_Awards
Sub-region in the Northeast Region of Brazil
42–66. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i63p42-66. ISSN 2316-901X. "Sertão | Drylands, Semi-Arid, Savannas | Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 March 2024
Sertão
American writer, publisher and critic (1944–2025)
NY), 1984. To the Seventh Power, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1989. Dryland's End, Masquerade Books, 1995, Harrington Park Press (New York, NY), 2004
Felice_Picano
Swedish professor (born 1965)
Siza (2011). "Yield and soil system changes from conservation tillage in dryland farming: A case study from North Eastern Tanzania". Agricultural Water
Johan_Rockström
Chemical compound used as an herbicide
"Management Strategies for Herbicide-resistant Weed Populations in Australian Dryland Crop Production Systems". Weed Technology. 21 (2): 332–338. Bibcode:2007WeedT
Paraquat
Wildlife sanctuary in India
project area have been engaged in Conservation and Sustainable Management of Dryland Biodiversity of North Gujarat under a GEF/UNDP supported project with the
Jessore_Sloth_Bear_Sanctuary
Region in the southwestern United States in New Mexico and Texas
most of the small amount of precipitation is lost to evaporation, making dryland farming difficult. As the Llano Estacado lies on the western edge of Tornado
Llano_Estacado
Species of tree
Often growing near bodies of water, wild trees have been observed in drylands, shrublands, and woodlands, where they may form associations with Acacia
Moringa_stenopetala
Science of producing and using plants
increasing crop yields agronomic biotechnology is being applied increasingly for novel uses other than food. For example, oilseed is at present used mainly for
Agronomy
Jayne, eds. (2016). Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands. Ecological Studies (Analysis and Synthesis). Vol. 226. Springer International
History_of_life
Natural and historical region in Spain
Spain's average. Historically, agriculture and livestock have dominated. Dryland farming is prevalent, particularly the Mediterranean "trilogy" of cereals
La_Mancha
Area of land where little precipitation occurs
Sandstorms" (PDF). Global Alarm: Dust and Sandstorms from the World's Drylands. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. p. 17. Archived from
Desert
Novel 1826 Disease The Last Man Mary Shelley Novel 1872 Technology "The Book of Machines" The novel Erewhon's section "The Book of Machines" Novel 1885
List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
List_of_apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction
2018 film by V. A. Shrikumar Menon
planned a children's film titled Randu Vaanavillukal, which was set in the drylands of Tamil Nadu. Before filming, however, the Tamil Nadu flood happened,
Odiyan
Process of restoring land to a different state
animals; stabilizing ecological communities; cleaning up pollution; creating novel ecosystems; or restoring the land to a historical condition, for example
Land_restoration
1953–63 Soviet agricultural production plan
going unused even when all that was needed was a simple, cheap repair. The dryland conditions in the Virgin Land areas, especially Kazakhstan, were not conducive
Virgin_Lands_campaign
Growing plants without soil using nutrients in water
Nagel, K.A.; Kastenholz, B.; Gilmer, F.; Schurr, U.; Walter, A. (2010). "Novel detection system for plant protein production of pharmaceuticals and impact
Hydroponics
Production of peptides
Medicinal Chemistry. Vol. 52 (Second ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-3-527-33185-7. Dryland A, Sheppard RC (1986). "Peptide synthesis. Part 8. A system for solid-phase
Peptide_synthesis
Simultaneous agriculture and solar energy production
"Agrivoltaics provide mutual benefits across the food–energy–water nexus in drylands". Nature Sustainability. 2 (9): 848–855. Bibcode:2019NatSu...2..848B. doi:10
Agrivoltaics
British geographer and a prolific researcher of issues in the African drylands. He speaks with some authority about 'desertification'. Michael K. Frith
Culture_of_Bermuda
historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2000. Drylands by Thea Astley and Benang by Kim Scott were joint winners of the Miles
2000_in_Australian_literature
Israeli biologist
at the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University
Sammy_Boussiba
US laws allowing ownership of unclaimed land
homesteaded, the Enlarged Homestead Act was passed in 1909. To enable dryland farming, it increased the number of acres for a homestead to 320 acres
Homestead_Acts
Emissions, impacts and responses of the United States related to climate change
change has played a part in causing "between 90 and 95 percent of Hawaiʻi's dryland forests" to disappear, which is especially important because many of the
Climate change in the United States
Climate_change_in_the_United_States
City in Reagan County, Texas, United States
Colorado River watersheds. The city takes its name from a dry lake, a unique dryland plains geographic feature located approximately two miles south of the
Big_Lake,_Texas
Impact of farming animals on the environment
different yields scenarios. However, according to FAO, grazing livestock in drylands "removes vegetation, including dry and flammable plants, and mobilizes
Environmental impacts of animal agriculture
Environmental_impacts_of_animal_agriculture
Areas protected for having ecological or cultural importance
marine or coastal studies which are currently underway, and islands and drylands which are currently in planning. The effectiveness of protected areas to
Protected_area
1994–95 comic book series by Dan Brereton
as a 20-year "introspective". Nocturnals: The Sinister Path is a graphic novel that was released through BigWowArt in June 2017. Joining the Horror family
Nocturnals
Agricultural developments in 1950s–1960s
plant-breeding trait selections. The novel technological development of the Green Revolution was the production of novel wheat cultivars. Agronomists bred
Green_Revolution
Species of termite
the release of CO2. This species is probably the most destructive of the dryland termite species in the western United States, while rhinotermitidae subterranean
Incisitermes_minor
American mechanical engineer and science fiction writer (1893–1968)
Stories, June 1932. Reprinted in Harl Vincent Resurrected. "Thia of the Drylands", Amazing Stories, July 1932. "Roadways of Mars", Amazing Stories, December
Harl_Vincent
Farming of aquatic organisms
small stakeholders are producing vaccines for aquaculture nowadays. The novel approaches are a way forward to prevent the loss of 10% of aquaculture through
Aquaculture
Vegetation cover change
however criticised for ignoring the carbon potential of the soil, which in drylands is found to be seven to one hundred times larger than that of vegetation
Woody_plant_encroachment
River that periodically ceases to flow
21 (11): 3278–3286. Tooth, Stephen (2000). "Process, form and change in dryland rivers: a review of recent research". Earth-Science Reviews. 51 (1–4):
Intermittent_river
Sudanese mathematician and physicist (born 1947)
physics and fusion energy, environmental modelling of soil erosion in drylands, and geophysics, astrophysics and space physics. He has also published
Mohamed_Hag_Ali_Hassan
Family of RNA viruses
Arenaviridae. These viruses infect rodents and occasionally humans. A class of novel, highly divergent arenaviruses, properly known as reptarenaviruses, have
Arenavirus
Species of grass
species that inhabits a wide variety of terrains, such as wet forests, drylands, coasts and soils with high saline concentrations. Introgression lines
Leymus_racemosus
Type of agriculture that emphasizes natural and environmentally friendly techniques
12. Retrieved 25 February 2024. "Scientists urge EU to allow the use of novel breeding techniques and modern biotechnology in organic farming". Wageningen
Organic_farming
Botanical component of pest control for plants
tolerance than unwanted weeds.[citation needed] In precision agriculture, novel agricultural robots and machines can use lasers for weed control, called
Weed_control
Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Anatolia, and northern Mesopotamia, based upon dryland agriculture. In southern Mesopotamia were the alluvial plains of Sumer
History_of_Asia
Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Garbage Compton Crook Award: Mary Rosenblum, The Drylands National Book Award for Fiction: William Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own National
1994_in_literature
Farming approach
Hong-yan; Ma, Wen-qi; et al. (2019). "Science and Technology Backyard: A novel approach to empower smallholder farmers for sustainable intensification
Sustainable_agriculture
Earth, a natural material
David S. G. (ed.). Arid zone geomorphology: process, form and change in drylands (3rd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 101–29. ISBN 978-0-470-97569-5
Soil
Literary award for Californian authors
Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980 Thomas Albright Gold 1986 The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse Vikram Sethi Gold 1987 Bitter Melon: Stories from the Last Rural
California_Book_Awards
Town in New South Wales, Australia
extensively cleared for agriculture and more than 80% of the area is used for dryland cropping and grazing. Less than 1% of the shire is managed for conservation
Gundagai
Region in New South Wales, Australia
The Riverina is also a significant almond growing region. Much of the dryland areas of the Riverina contain large sheep stations, producing medium class
Riverina
Wet agriculture and forestry on peatlands
and character, whether it takes place in areas traditionally used for dryland farming or in near-natural peatland areas that were previously not used
Paludiculture
Human-altered ecosystems
including domestic livestock, and to utilize timber. Cultured dryland anthromes are dryland biomes shaped by land use and human inhabitation. Very few biologists
Anthropogenic_biome
British comic book publishing company
published Harry Gallan's The Lexian Chronicles novel and the initial plan was to produce comic adaptations of novels, such as The Lexian Chronicles and G. P
Markosia
Hawaiian environmentalist, educator
participated in a local forest restoration project for the Ka'ūpūlehu Dryland Forest in the 1990s that began to be formally managed by the Hawaiʻi Forest
Hannah_Kihalani_Springer
Form of modern industrialized farming
pesticides, irrigation projects and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. The novel technological development of the Green Revolution was the production of
Industrial_agriculture
Italian soil ecologist
Her research on biochar looks at its application to food production in drylands as well as the recovery of soils. Cotrufo's most cited article “Elevated
M._Francesca_Cotrufo
delivery systems. To diversify biofertilizer research and application in drylands, mountainous regions, tribal areas and other underexplored ecosystems.
Indian Institute of Soil Science
Indian_Institute_of_Soil_Science
homesteading in the U.S. state of Oregon. Pratt, who was single, established a dryland farm and ranch near Post, about 60 miles (97 km) east of Bend. The 160-acre
Alice_Day_Pratt
State of soil, meeting ecosystem functions
be used in understanding quantitative difference in soil health status. Dryland salinity – Natural process for soil Ecosystem services – Benefits provided
Soil_health
Officer and inventor
technology of the north was technical applications fit for predominantly dryland cultivation, while intensified irrigation cultivation was more suitable
Wang_Zhen_(inventor)
Organic matter component of soil
(April 2007). "Chemical and biochemical properties of a clay soil under dryland agriculture system as affected by organic fertilization". European Journal
Soil_organic_matter
wheat production, with other grains also prominent. Much of the farming is dryland farming, often with fallow seasons interspersed with cultivation. Continuous
Economy_of_Alberta
American scholar, historian, writer (1893–1973)
June 1963, p. A‑12. Via Chronicling America (Library of Congress). Ann Dryland, untitled review of Early Cornell, 1865–1900, and of Cornell University:
Morris_Bishop
American literary award
2022. Killeen, Wendy (June 11, 2000). "Lambda Literary Award, Young Adult Novel, 1999". The Boston Globe. p. 416. Archived from the original on February
Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction
Lambda_Literary_Award_for_Speculative_Fiction
Non-fossil-based sustainable production
food prices and food security. Sweet sorghum is grown on already-farmed drylands that are low in carbon storage capacity, so concerns about the clearing
Sustainable_biofuel
DRYLANDS NOVEL
DRYLANDS NOVEL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a piece of land where rye was grown, from Old English ryge ‘rye’ + land ‘land’.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in Vestlandet so named from an unexplained first element + land ‘land’, ‘farm’.Probably an altered spelling of Dutch Reiland.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Novel, Creation
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rarity, Rare object, Novelty
Girl/Female
Hindu
Novel, Creation
Male
English
English name derived from the surname Ryland, RYLAN means "rye land."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) was a direct descendant of Major William Hathorne, one of the English Puritans who settled in MA in 1630, and whose son John Hathorne was one of the judges in the Salem witchcraft trials. The writer’s father was a sea captain, as was his grandfather, the revolutionary war hero Daniel Hathorne (1731–96). The spelling of the surname was altered by the novelist.
Boy/Male
English Welsh
Cedric was a character in Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel Ivanhoe. Possibly derived from a...
Boy/Male
Indian
New, Novel, Innovative
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from Leyland in Lancashire (recorded in Domesday Book as Lailand), or from Laylands in Yorkshire; both are named from Old English lǣge ‘untilled ground’ + land ‘land’, ‘estate’. In some cases the name may be topographical.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Novel, Creation
Boy/Male
Indian
Young, New, Novel, Innovative, Quite new, Fresh, Modern, A sakta notable for his great leaning and spiritual attainment
Girl/Female
Latin
From France, or free one. Feminine of Francis. Famous bearers: British novelist Frances Burney...
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of a novel written by Sumitranandan pant
Girl/Female
Tamil
Novel, Creation
Boy/Male
Indian
Young, New, Novel, Innovative, Quite new, Fresh, Modern, A sakta notable for his great leaning and spiritual attainment
Girl/Female
Tamil
Novel
Boy/Male
Irish American English
Island meadow.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Novel
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Irish
Island Meadow; From the Rye Land
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell).Irish : mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of St. Paul’ (see Guilfoyle).This surname is extremely common in Wales and has also spread throughout England and Ireland. The first recorded occurrence of the surname in its modern form is Roger ap Howell, alias Powell, named in a lawsuit in 1563. He was the grandson of Howell ap John (d. 1535). Snelling Powell, born in Carmarthen, Wales, in 1758, came to America in 1793 and was a successful actor and theater manager in Boston. Later members of the family include the novelist Anthony Powell (b. 1905).
DRYLANDS NOVEL
DRYLANDS NOVEL
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Best Face
Girl/Female
German
Ruler of the Home or Estate
Male
Arthurian
, sir Launcelot's sword.
Boy/Male
Australian, Jamaican
A Bright Rock
Boy/Male
Latin
Born eighth.
Male
Hebrew
(×ַש×ּוּר) Hebrew name ASHSHUWR means "a step." In the bible, this is the name second son of Shem. It is also a name applied to the nation of Assyria and its people.
Girl/Female
Biblical
That buds or brings forth.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Latin Laurus, LAURI means "laurel."
Boy/Male
Biblical
God.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant (plural) of Down.Irish (Counties Clare and Limerick) : reduced Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Dubháin (see Doane).
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a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
v. t.
To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction.
n.
A writer of a novel or novels.
pl.
of Novelty
n.
That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
a.
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.
a.
That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
superl.
Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.
imp. & p. p.
of Novelize
n.
An innovator; an asserter of novelty.
n.
Something novel; a new or strange thing.
n.
One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
n.
The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.
n.
Alt. of Dryfland
a.
A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.
n.
Novelty; new things.
n.
A short novel.
n.
An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Novelize
n.
A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.