newness

CEFRB2

/ˈn(j)uːnəs/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The newness wore off quickly.
The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell.
The newness is gone / The newness is gone / So why should we make pretend / When our love affair is destined to end

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The newness is gone / The newness is gone / So why should we make pretend / When our love affair is destined to end
1976, Eddie Kendricks, “The Newness Is Gone”, in Goin' Up in Smoke
Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
Thankfully, that sense of newness does come in the form of Ke Huy Quan’s Gary De’Snake, the first reptilian addition to Zootopia‘s all-mammal cast.
2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club

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From Middle English newnesse, from Old English nīewnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new + -ness.