novice
Meanings
Plural: novices
Noun
- someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
- someone new to a field or activity
- A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
- A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
Adj
- Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
amateur, beginner, greenhorn, initiate, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling, novitiate, tiro, tyro
Scrabble Score: 11
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