Newfashion

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To modernise; remodel in the latest style.

    "From the duke they would have taken his birthright; the church and religion they would have cast in a new mould; the bishops and clerks they would have new-fashioned, if not utterly laid aside; banished many of the nobles; …"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Recently come into fashion; new-fashioned.

    "Killerwhale House already knows what to do in these 'newfashion' times."

Example

More examples

"From the duke they would have taken his birthright; the church and religion they would have cast in a new mould; the bishops and clerks they would have new-fashioned, if not utterly laid aside; banished many of the nobles; …"

Etymology

From new + fashion.

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