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newfangled

[ noo-fang-guhld, -fang-, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. of a new kind or fashion:

    newfangled ideas.

  2. fond of or given to novelty.


newfangled

/ ˈnjuːˈfæŋɡəld /

adjective

  1. newly come into existence or fashion, esp excessively modern
  2. rare.
    excessively fond of new ideas, fashions, etc


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Derived Forms

  • ˈnewˈfangledness, noun

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Other Words From

  • newfangled·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of newfangled1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to newefangel “fond of or taken by what is new ”( newe new + -fangel, unattested Old English fangol “inclined to take,” equivalent to fang-, stem of fōn “to take” ( fang 2 ) + -ol adjective suffix) + -ed 3

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Word History and Origins

Origin of newfangled1

C14 newefangel liking new things, from new + -fangel, from Old English fōn to take

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Example Sentences

After more than five hours, they unanimously agreed to take out a loan and build this newfangled idea called a treetop walk.

Wald may not have sat on this particular pink throne, but she’s had enough experience with newfangled toilet technology to earn the nickname “Queen of Loo-topia” among her peers.

For Bainbridge, the book represents a “celebration” of the newfangled innovation and creativity behind those recipes.

In early February, long before the world realized we’d be in the midst of a pandemic, scientists had already nailed down the sequence and shape of the protein that eventually spurred the development of our newfangled mRNA vaccines.

Amazon, a master of newfangled commerce, entered the very old-fashioned business of groceries with its purchase of the upscale supermarket chain.

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Ali is but the latest victim of a newfangled version of the “no platform” phenomenon.

The uniform, and this newfangled authoritative role, gives her a sense of purpose.

All I know is we won't be the ones coming up with the newfangled storytelling systems.

At times, those years feel very far away; Branch once muses on a newfangled “cellular” phone in 1994.

I suspect Cheney would frown on such newfangled appellations: so weak, so flimsy, so post-Watergate!

With the coming in of hymn books and other newfangled things the good old custom of "lining the hymn" has disappeared.

I couldn't learn the tricks of one of these newfangled rifles.

She has no newfangled notions about the animal character of motherhood, nor about the degrading character of housekeeping.

Newfangled notions were held in but low estimation among the miners of Stokebridge.

But the miners were bitterly opposed to anything "newfangled," and the owners were careless.

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