Newfangle

Newfangle
Newfangle New"fan`gle, a. [New + fangle.] Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

So newfangel be they of their meat. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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  • newfangle — I. ˈn(y)ü|faŋgəl, aiŋ adjective Etymology: Middle English newefangel, from newe new + fangel (from Old English fangen, past participle of fōn to take, seize) more at new, pact …   Useful english dictionary

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  • newfangled — new|fan|gled [ˌnju:ˈfæŋgəld US ˌnu: ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: newfangle newfangled (14 16 centuries), from new + Old English fangen seized ] recently designed or produced usually used to show disapproval or distrust ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fangled — 1580s, foppish, from fangle (n.), based on a misinterpretation of newfangle as fashionable (see NEWFANGLED (Cf. newfangled)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fandangle — [fan daŋg(ə)l] noun archaic a useless or purely ornamental thing. Origin C19: perh. from fandango, influenced by newfangle …   English new terms dictionary

  • newfangled — adjective derogatory newly developed and unfamiliar. Origin ME: from newfangle (now dialect) liking what is new , from the adverb new + a second element related to an OE word meaning to take …   English new terms dictionary

  • fandangle — /fænˈdæŋgəl/ (say fan dangguhl) noun Colloquial 1. a hanging decorative appendage; elaborate ornament. 2. nonsense; tomfoolery. {? alteration, modelled on newfangle(d), of fandango, which was occasionally used earlier in this sense; compare… …  

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