Novelised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To turn a narrative originally found in another format into a book by enhancing the story and its elements with detailed prose
2. To reshape a story from a different medium into a literary work by adding richness and depth to the characters and storyline
3. To adapt a narrative from one form, such as film or play, into a written book by elaborating on the plot and characters in detail

Etymology: "Novelise" is a plain formation: the noun "novel" plus the verb-forming suffix "-ise", meaning to make something into a novel. The suffix itself travels a long road. It comes from Ancient Greek "-izein", passed through Late Latin "-izare" and Middle French "-iser", and reached Middle English as "-isen". Verbs built this way became a productive English pattern, which is why writers could coin new ones on demand. "Novel" has its own history. It descends from Latin "novellus", a diminutive of "novus" meaning "new", and Italian "novella" carried the sense of a short tale into English usage. The noun narrowed over time from a piece of news or a small new story to the long prose fiction we know now. "Novelised" is the past tense and past participle of the verb, so it describes a story that has been adapted from another form, most often a film, play or game, into book form.

Synonyms: adapted, fictionalized