novelize

English

Alternative forms

• novelise

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nu

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Italic *nowos

Latin novus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin novellus

Vulgar Latin *novella

Italian novellabor.

English novel

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English novelize

From novel + -ize.

Verb

novelize (third-person singular simple present novelizes, present participle novelizing, simple past and past participle novelized)

1. To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.

   Herbert was able to novelize his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.

2. (dated) To innovate.
   • 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals‎^[1], 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 38:

     […] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.

Derived terms

• novelizer

Translations

to adapt to fiction

• Bulgarian: романизирам (romaniziram)
• Catalan: novel·lar (ca)
• French: nouvelliser (fr)
• Spanish: novelar (es)