Today's Word "neophyte"
A beginner or novice
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neophyte \NEE-uh-fyt\ (noun) - 1 : A beginner; novice. 2 : A new convert to a belief.
"After writing critically acclaimed novels with little financial success for over twenty years, Lois became furious when a neophyte, whom had stolen all of his best ideas from her earliest books, had his first book rocket to the top of the sales charts."
From Middle English, from Late Latin neophytus, from Greek neophytos (newly planted), from phyein (to plant).