novice

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈnɒvɪs/
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/ˈnɒvɪs/ · /ˈnɑvɪs/ · /ˈnɔvɪs/

Definition of novice

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
    “I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.”
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noun

  1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
    “I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.”
  2. A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
    “Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]”

adj

  1. Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

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Etymology

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

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