NEWFANGLED - 7 definitions found
newfangled adj 1: (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them" [syn: newfangled, new] newfangled c.1250, from newfanglyd, from new + -fangel, from root of O.E. fon "to capture" (see fang). Originally "addicted to novelty," lit. "ready to grasp at all new things," sense of "lately come into fashion" first recorded 1533. newfangled adj. Newly invented or contrived; excessively complex. Dorothy felt that many newfangled gadgets in Kate's all-electric kitchen weren't really necessary. Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary newfangled adj. derog. different from what one is used to; objectionably new. [ME newfangle (now dial.) liking what is new f. newe NEW adv. + - fangel f. OE fangol (unrecorded) inclined to take] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Newfangled \New"fan`gled\, a. 1. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. ``A newfangled nomenclature.'' --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions. ``Newfangled teachers.'' --1 Tim. vi. (heading). ``Newfangled men.'' --Latimer. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms new-fangled a. 1. New-made, new-fashioned. 2. Changeable, volatile. |
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