newfangled
Americanadjective
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of a new kind or fashion.
newfangled ideas.
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fond of or given to novelty.
adjective
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newly come into existence or fashion, esp excessively modern
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rare excessively fond of new ideas, fashions, etc
Other Word Forms
- newfangledness noun
Etymology
Origin of newfangled
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
Example Sentences
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But these newfangled Patriots began this season as 80-1 long shots.
George Simon, in his biography of the bandleader, reports that Miller ran afoul of a highly conservative senior officer who railed against the “newfangled sounds” that Miller’s men were producing.
“I’ve seen something like it before, but I’ve never worn such a fancy, newfangled thing. I’m afraid it might strangle me.”
From Literature
Its underwriters were the first to cover a car—the 1904 policy described the newfangled vehicle as a “ship navigating on land”—an airplane and a satellite.
There were memoirs by Arctic explorers, fearless mountaineers, and deep-sea divers who braved the briny deep wearing those newfangled diving costumes.
From Literature
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