newfangled

See also: new-fangled and new fangled

English

WOTD – 8 October 2009

Alternative forms

• new-fangled, new fangled

Etymology

new +‎ fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/

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Adjective

newfangled (not comparable)

1. (usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.

   newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little

   • 1942 September 6, “Mussolini Takes Wheel; Tries Out ‘New-Fangled’ Auto Driven by Electricity”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     Premier Mussolini operated a “new-fangled automobile” driven by electricity on a trial run yesterday, the German Transocean agency reported in a wireless transmission to the United States recorded by the New York Times.

   • 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5:

     From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:newfangled.
2. Fond of novelty.

Antonyms

• oldfangled

Related terms

• newfangle

Translations

modern, unfamiliar or different

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新奇的 (zh), 流行的 (zh), 新式的 (zh)

• Danish: nymodens
• Dutch: nieuwerwets (nl), nieuwbakken (nl)
• Finnish: uusi hieno
• French: d'un nouveau genre
• German: neumodisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καινοπρεπής (kainoprepḗs)

• Hungarian: új keletű, újsütetű
• Irish: nua-aimseartha
• Japanese: 新しもの好きの (atarashi mono suki no)
• Norwegian: nymotens
• Portuguese: moderninho
• Russian: новомо́дный (ru) (novomódnyj)
• Spanish: moderno (es), ultramoderno
• Welsh: newyddllyd