novella
noun
a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
novelle
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pluralof novella.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Included in the novel's 496-page sweep are three brilliant novelle: Ensign Woodbridge's encounter with the hypocritical missionaries, the story of the Irish monk and the satanic trader, Parker, and Seaman O'Connell on a berserk rampage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shakespeare worked over the Italian novelle of Boccaccio, weaving them into his great English dramas, and nobody censured him.
From Paul and the Printing Press by A. O. (Arthur O.) Scott
You read the songs that I make, sweet lady," he said, "and now will you listen while I tell you a story, a novelle?
From Sir Mortimer by Mary Johnston
He left the administration of his diocese to the Bishop of Grasse, and employed himself, at the advanced age of seventy, in the completion of his novelle.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Both these incidents are the common property of Italian novelle and our own stage.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Montague Summers
