novelty
noun/ˈnɑvəlti/
Frequency rank: #6,372 most common English word
Meaning
the quality of being new, original, or unusual; something not seen or experienced before.
Example sentence
The children were excited by the novelty of having a robot vacuum cleaner in the house.
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