newfangly

English

Adjective

newfangly (comparative more newfangly, superlative most newfangly)

1. (obsolete or humorous) Newfangled.
   • 1528, Thomas More, “A Dialogue Concernynge Heresyes & Matters of Religion […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book III, page 213, column 2:

     He had alſo ſet a prieſt of his and a ſeculer ſeruaunt of his beſyde to by [buy] many of the ſame ſuyte [of books], & double and treble of one ſorte, whiche were by thẽ [them] vttred to diuers yonge ſcholers ſuch as thei founde properly witted, feately lerned, and newfangly mynded.

   • 2000 April 24, Walt Brand, “Sell-out of Focus 2000?”, in alt.autos.ford.focus‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Sounds like one o' them newfangly things they come up with since '87 …

   • 2002 August 29, Scratch my ass to reply, “Roff, Claves, and Aa”, in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly‎^[2] (Usenet):

     You whippersnappers are sumpin else, what with yer newfangly com-poo-ters and compyserve accounts … why, when I was a boy, we had to walk 10 miles in the snow to post to ROFF, and that was in the summer, […]