complete novice• As you will realise I am a complete novice regarding these problems and would appreciate a little advice to sort them out.• Water-Skiing Whether you are a complete novice or an experienced skier we have the facilities to cater for you.• A variety of racesattracted a range of talents, from complete novices to professionals.• They come in three volumes, each presented by Julian Colbeck, and volume one is clearly aimed at the complete novice.• A festival held to revive the art attracted hundreds of people, many of them complete novices.• A course of classes on firing and driving steam trains is being offered to complete novices.
Originnovice
(1300-1400)Old FrenchMedieval Latinnovicius, from Latinnovus“new”