span-new
span-new adjective: brand new.
Adjective
span-new (comparative more span-new, superlative most span-new)
- brand new
- Had Augustine been archbishop of London, he might have seemed to succeed the British archbishops, and to have derived some right from them, contrary to his humour, who would lead all, but follow none; and therefore would not wear an old title, but have a span-new archbishop's chair carved out for...1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II. The Seventh Century.”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
- [H]e was very nicely dressed, and wore a span-new velvet vest, a real English broadcloth coat, gold watch with gold seals; […]1845, [William Gilmore Simms], “The Last Wager, or The Gamester of the Mississippi”, in The Wigwam and the Cabin (Wiley and Putnam’s Library of American Books), first series, New York, N.Y.: Wiley...
- Synonyms:
- fire-new
Synonyms of span-new
Forms of span-new
| comparative | more span-new |
|---|---|
| superlative | most span-new |
| alternative form | spang-new |
Origin of span-new
From Middle English span-neue, from Old Norse spān-nȳr. Compare spick-and-span, spandy.
Questions about span-new
- What does span-new mean?
- Span-new means brand new.
- What part of speech is span-new?
- Span-new is an adjective.
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