newfangled
pronunciation
How to pronounce newfangled in British English:
UK [ˌnju:ˈfæŋgld]
How to pronounce newfangled in American English:
US [ˌnuˈfæŋgld]
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- Adjective:
- of a new (often outrageous) kind or fashion
Word Origin
- newfangled
- newfangled: see fang
- newfangled (adj.)
- late 15c., "addicted to novelty," literally "ready to grasp at all new things," from adjective newefangel "fond of novelty" (late 14c.), from new + -fangel "inclined to take," from root of Old English fon "to capture" (see fang). Sense of "lately come into fashion" first recorded 1530s. Fanglement "act of fashioning; something made" is from 1660s. Middle English had gar-fangel "fish-spear."
Example
- 1. Hitler fears the banks and all newfangled ideas for controlling credit .
- 2. People are saying there 'll be another coup and the newfangled stockmarket will crash again .
- 3. Their wealth is dependent on their administrative power , rather than newfangled property rights .
- 4. Many people are turning to taoist and buddhist traditions , christianity or newfangled religions and cults .
- 5. But he 's just trying to survive this newfangled world of 2054 , a place where the ads literally jump out at you , screaming your name .