novella
[noh-
vel
-
uh
]
/noʊˈvɛl ə/
noun
,
plural
novellas,
novelle
[noh-
vel
-ee, -
vel
-ey]
/noʊˈvɛl i, -ˈvɛl eɪ/
(
Show IPA
)
1.
a tale or short story of the type contained in the
Decameron
of Boccaccio.
2.
a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short
novel
.
Origin
1900-05;
<
Italian;
see
novel
1
Examples from the web for
novella
Robust keyboard lets you work on that
novella
while waiting for the bus.
And, as a rhyming
novella
, there's really no question who wrote it.
It occupies the uneasy ground between the
novella
proper and the personal essay or confession.
British Dictionary definitions for
novella
novella
/
nəʊˈvɛlə
/
noun
(
pl
)
-las,
-le
(
-leɪ
)
1.
(formerly) a short narrative tale, esp a popular story having a moral or satirical point, such as those in Boccaccio's
Decameron
2.
a short novel; novelette
Word Origin
C20: from Italian; see
novel
1
Word Origin and History for
novella
1902; see
novel
(n.).