No*vi"tious (?), a. [L. novitius, novicius.] Newly invented; recent;
new. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
Nov"i*ty (?), n. [L. novitas, fr. novus new.] Newness; novelty. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
No"vum (?), n. A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine
five), the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.] Shak.
Now (?), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n, nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G.
nu, nun, Icel., n, Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. &?;, &?;, Skr.
nu, n. √193. Cf. New.]
1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking;
instantly; as, I will write now.
I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged
blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
Arbuthnot.