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novice
mid-14c., "probationer in a religious order," from O.Fr.
novice,
from M.L.
novicius
, noun use of L.
novicius
"newly imported, inexperienced" (of slaves), from
novus
"new" (see
new
). Meaning "inexperienced person" is attested from early 15c.
