fangle
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from fōn (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang, onfang.
Verb
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- (obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy[1]:
- […] not hereby to control and new fangle the Scripture, God forbid, but to mark how corruption and apostasy crept in by degrees, and to gather up wherever we find the remaining sparks of original truth, […]
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy[1]:
- (obsolete or dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
- (obsolete or dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
Usage notes
Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression newfangled.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.
Noun
fangle (plural fangles)
- (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
- Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
- A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
- A conceit; whim.
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