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newfangled
Nov. 25th, 2024 07:38 amnewfangled (noo-FANG-guhld, NYOO-fang-guhld) - adj., (often derogatory) of the newest style or kind; attracted to novelty.
I include that second meaning even though I don't think I've met it before because it's the original sense, dating back to the mid-15th century as newefanglyd, and even earlier in the form newefangel, from new + fangel, taken/fond of. So no, newfangled is not self-describing. (If I had to guess, I would have thought it a colorful 19th century Americanism.)
---L.
I include that second meaning even though I don't think I've met it before because it's the original sense, dating back to the mid-15th century as newefanglyd, and even earlier in the form newefangel, from new + fangel, taken/fond of. So no, newfangled is not self-describing. (If I had to guess, I would have thought it a colorful 19th century Americanism.)
---L.
