Novice

//ˈnɒvɪs// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.
Noun
  1. 1
    A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

    "I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid."

  2. 2
    someone new to a field or activity wordnet
  3. 3
    A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

    "Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]"

  4. 4
    someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

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