Definition of Newfangled

1. Adjective. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new. "She buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"

Exact synonyms: New
Similar to: Original

Definition of Newfangled

1. a. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty.

Definition of Newfangled

1. Adjective. (usually derogatory or humorous) Contemptibly modern, unfamiliar, or different. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Newfangled

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newfangled

newcomers
newcos
newcreate
newe
newed
newel
newel post
newel posts
newell
newelled
newells
newels
newer
newest
newfangle
newfangled (current term)
newfangledness
newfangleness
newfanglist
newfangly
newfashion
newfashioned
newform
newforming
newforms
newfound
newfoundland
newfront
newfurnish

Literary usage of Newfangled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... was taken from him in the second part of the same, and placed in that newfangled kind of counsellors, whose power was such, and so expressed by it, ..."

2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"Hl lt ' ,> rr ' (T1 , 1 Ч Well strung, strong, vigorous; relating to the nerves; having weak or diseased nerves. newfangled, nu-fang'gld. a. ..."

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