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newfangle

newfangle adjective: eager for novelties; desirous of changing.

Adjective

newfangle (comparative more newfangle, superlative most newfangle)

  1. (obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.

Verb

newfangle (third-person singular simple present newfangles, present participle newfangling, simple past and past participle newfangled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To change by introducing novelties.

Forms of newfangle

Adjective
comparativemore newfangle
superlativemost newfangle
Verb
third-person singular presentnewfangles
present participlenewfangling
past participlenewfangled
pastnewfangled

Origin of newfangle

From Middle English newefangil, neufangel, newefongel, equivalent to new + fangle.

Words formed from newfangle

Questions about newfangle

What does newfangle mean?
Newfangle means eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
What part of speech is newfangle?
Newfangle can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near newfangle in the dictionary

  1. Newf
  2. Newf.
  3. newfag
  4. newfags
  5. Newfane
  6. newfangle
  7. newfangled
  8. newfangledly
  9. newfangledness
  10. newfanglement
  11. newfanglements

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