novice
nounadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈnɑvɪs//
- Canada//ˈnɒvɪs//
- Australia//ˈnɔvɪs//
- Australia//ˈnɒvɪs//
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
noun
- 1
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
I'm only a novice at coding, so 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 […]
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”).
adjective
- 1
Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.
Forms
- plural
- novices
- comparative
- more novice
- superlative
- most novice
novice · A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
now · Present; current.nowadays · At the present time; in the current era.nowhere · In no place.