novice

Meaning

Noun

• A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
• A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

Related

Similar words

• amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling

Origin

• From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia), from novus.