[ˈnɒvɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation
(e.g: he was a complete novice in foreign affairs)

- a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin novicius, from novus ‘new’