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- DictionaryNew·fan·gled/ˈno͞oˌfaNGɡ(ə)ld/
adjective
- 1. different from what one is used to; objectionably new: derogatory "I've no time for such newfangled nonsense"
Current usage indicates that newfangled is used—sometimes deprecatingly—to describe anything that is new, hip, hot, or happening, while other times it is used with irony for something—such as rock music—that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.
NEWFANGLED definition: 1. recently made for the first time, but not always an improvement on what existed before: 2…. Learn more.
NEWFANGLED meaning: 1. recently made for the first time, but not always an improvement on what existed before: 2…. Learn more.
Newfangled definition: of a new kind or fashion. See examples of NEWFANGLED used in a sentence.
Something newfangled is new, like a fancy new gadget or invention. This is a folksy way of describing a fashionable (and often too fashionable) thing.
1. newly come into existence or fashion, esp excessively modern. 2. rare excessively fond of new ideas, fashions, etc. [C14 newefangel liking new things, from new + -fangel, from Old English fōn to take] ˈnewˈfangledness, ˈnewˈfangleness n.
If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment as newfangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary.
Newfangled Definition. Newly done, made, etc.; new; novel. Tending toward or fond of novelty or new things. (usually derogatory or humorous) Contemptibly modern, unfamiliar, or different.
adjective. /ˌnjuːˈfæŋɡld/ /ˌnuːˈfæŋɡld/ [usually before noun] (disapproving) used to describe something that has recently been invented or introduced, but that you do not like because it is not what you are used to, or is too complicated. newfangled ideas about child-rearing. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
Newfangled means new and perhaps needlessly modern. It may sound like a new coinage, but in fact fangel is an Old English word, meaning to take, and newfangled is not newfangled at all. It first appeared in the 12th century as an adjective describing a person overinterested in new things.
