Meanings
verbnovelize (third-person singular simple present novelizes, present participle novelizing, simple past and past participle novelized)
present singular third person novelizes · participle present novelizing · participle past novelized · past novelized · alternative novelise
- datedTo innovate.
[…] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.
1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 38
Synonyms & antonyms
verbconvert into the form or the style of a novel
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Italic*nowos
- Latinnovus
- Latinnovellus
- Vulgar Latin*novella
- Italiannovella
- Englishnovel
- Englishnovelize
Translations
Bulgarian романизирам
- романизирам (romaniziram)to adapt to fiction
Catalan novel·lar
- novel·larto adapt to fiction
French nouvelliser
- nouvelliserto adapt to fiction
Spanish novelar
- novelarto adapt to fiction
Cite this entry
APA
novelize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelize
MLA
“novelize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “novelize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelize.
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