Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being newfangled or desirous of novelty; fondness for change; inconstancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Newfangledness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
newfangledness .
Etymologies
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Old English newefanglenes. See fangle.
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Examples
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For not only gentlemens servants, but also handicraftsmen: yea and almost the ploughmen of the country, with all other sorts of people, use much strange and proud newfangleness in their apparel, and too much prodigal riot and sumptuous fare at their table.
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