Definition

(a) novice: (a) beginner, trainee; (an) apprentice, amateur nounadjective
  • "The novice burglars exited the bank minutes later, and inevitably stepped upon the wet concrete."
  • "Bollocks is well known as a "splatter painter" or a "drip painter", which simply means that he stood on top of his canvases and threw the paint down onto them. Bollocks was an alcoholic, and often painted while drunk, as even novice museum-goers can guess."
  • "Captain Donny Dare, the pilot, was rendered unconscious in a mid-air collision with a large goose, leaving his novice co-pilot, with no previous flight training, the daunting task of landing the plane safely."

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