Newfangled
//ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement. derogatory, disapproving, humorous, not-comparable, usually
"newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little"
- 2 Fond of novelty. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new wordnet
Example
More examples"Sometimes, there are "holes" in the English language, like the non-existent "nipponogram" which can be created in Interlingua at whim with "niponogramma" as an acceptable formation. The newfangled word could apply to a symbol in the various sets of Japanese glyphs. English has other "holes" like "psychophonology," which could be formed as "psychophonologia" in Interlingua. Such "holes" in a natural language deter a writer's or speaker's creativity."
Etymology
From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).
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