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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from newefangel, from new + Old English *-fangol, from f?n (past participle fangen) to take, seize — more at pact 1. attracted to novelty 2. of the newest style or kind <had many newfangled gadgets in the kitchen> • newfangledness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. derog. different from what one is used to; objectionably new. Etymology: ME newfangle (now dial.) liking what is new f. newe NEW adv. + - fangel f. OE fangol (unrecorded) inclined to take

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see new-fangled