newfangled

[ noo-fang-guhld, -fang-, nyoo- ]

adjective

1. of a new kind or fashion:

   newfangled ideas.

2. fond of or given to novelty.

newfangled

/ ˈnjuːˈfæŋɡəld /

adjective

1. newly come into existence or fashion, esp excessively modern
2. rare.
   excessively fond of new ideas, fashions, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈnewˈfangledness, noun

Other Words From

• newfangled·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of newfangled¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of newfangled¹

C14 newefangel liking new things, from new + -fangel, from Old English fōn to take

Example Sentences

After more than five hours, they unanimously agreed to take out a loan and build this newfangled idea called a treetop walk.

From Nautilus

Wald may not have sat on this particular pink throne, but she’s had enough experience with newfangled toilet technology to earn the nickname “Queen of Loo-topia” among her peers.

From Science News

For Bainbridge, the book represents a “celebration” of the newfangled innovation and creativity behind those recipes.

From Popular-Science

In early February, long before the world realized we’d be in the midst of a pandemic, scientists had already nailed down the sequence and shape of the protein that eventually spurred the development of our newfangled mRNA vaccines.

From Singularity Hub 

Amazon, a master of newfangled commerce, entered the very old-fashioned business of groceries with its purchase of the upscale supermarket chain.

From Fortune

Ali is but the latest victim of a newfangled version of the “no platform” phenomenon.

From The Daily Beast

The uniform, and this newfangled authoritative role, gives her a sense of purpose.

From The Daily Beast

All I know is we won't be the ones coming up with the newfangled storytelling systems.

From The Daily Beast

At times, those years feel very far away; Branch once muses on a newfangled “cellular” phone in 1994.

From The Daily Beast

I suspect Cheney would frown on such newfangled appellations: so weak, so flimsy, so post-Watergate!

From The Daily Beast

With the coming in of hymn books and other newfangled things the good old custom of "lining the hymn" has disappeared.

From Project Gutenberg

I couldn't learn the tricks of one of these newfangled rifles.

From Project Gutenberg

She has no newfangled notions about the animal character of motherhood, nor about the degrading character of housekeeping.

From Project Gutenberg

Newfangled notions were held in but low estimation among the miners of Stokebridge.

From Project Gutenberg

But the miners were bitterly opposed to anything "newfangled," and the owners were careless.

From Project Gutenberg