novelistic

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adjective

Having characteristics of a novel.

OriginEnglish novelist ← Italian novella ← Vulgar Latin *novella →
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Meanings

adjectivenovelistic (comparative more novelistic, superlative most novelistic)

comparative more novelistic · superlative most novelistic

  1. Having characteristics of a novel.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Italic*nowos
  4. Latinnovus
  5. Latinnovellus
  6. Vulgar Latin*novella
  7. Italiannovella
  8. Englishnovel
  9. Englishnovelist
  10. Englishnovelistic

From novelist + -ic.

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APA

novelistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelistic

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“novelistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “novelistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelistic.

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