"newfangle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more newfangle [comparative], most newfangle [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English newefangil, neufangel, newefongel, equivalent to new + fangle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|newefangil}} Middle English newefangil, {{compound|en|new|fangle}} new + fangle Head templates: {{en-adj}} newfangle (comparative more newfangle, superlative most newfangle)
  1. (obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: newfangled
    Sense id: en-newfangle-en-adj-9srDrm7n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Verb

Forms: newfangles [present, singular, third-person], newfangling [participle, present], newfangled [participle, past], newfangled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English newefangil, neufangel, newefongel, equivalent to new + fangle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|newefangil}} Middle English newefangil, {{compound|en|new|fangle}} new + fangle Head templates: {{en-verb}} newfangle (third-person singular simple present newfangles, present participle newfangling, simple past and past participle newfangled)
  1. (obsolete) To change by introducing novelties Tags: obsolete Derived forms: newfangleness
    Sense id: en-newfangle-en-verb-ciZR4pfl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Inflected forms

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