newfangled

American  

[noo-fang-guhld, -fang-, nyoo-] / ˈnuˈfæŋ gəld, -ˌfæŋ-, ˈnyu- /

adjective

1. of a new kind or fashion.

   newfangled ideas.

2. fond of or given to novelty.

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newfangled British  

/ ˈnjuːˈfæŋɡəld /

adjective

1. newly come into existence or fashion, esp excessively modern

2. rare excessively fond of new ideas, fashions, etc

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Other Word Forms

• newfangledness noun

Etymology

Origin of newfangled

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to newefangel “fond of or taken by what is new ”( newe new + -fangel, unattested Old English fangol “inclined to take,” equivalent to fang-, stem of fōn “to take” ( fang ² ) + -ol adjective suffix) + -ed ³

Example Sentences

“I’ve seen something like it before, but I’ve never worn such a fancy, newfangled thing. I’m afraid it might strangle me.”

From Literature

Its underwriters were the first to cover a car—the 1904 policy described the newfangled vehicle as a “ship navigating on land”—an airplane and a satellite.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were memoirs by Arctic explorers, fearless mountaineers, and deep-sea divers who braved the briny deep wearing those newfangled diving costumes.

From Literature

Then she very nearly scalded herself in the newfangled bathtub, and had to be lifted out red faced and yelling by two terrified ladies’ maids.

From Literature

For more than a decade, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have poured enormous sums of money into newfangled technology companies seeking to disrupt, and even supplant, the traditional financial system and sidestep its burdensome regulations.

From Salon