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Fangle (gcide) | Fangle \Fan"gle\, n. [From Fang, v. t.; hence, prop., a taking
up a new thing.]
Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a
trifling ornament.
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Fangle (gcide) | Fangle \Fan"gle\, v. t.
To fashion. [Obs.]
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To control and new fangle the Scripture. --Milton.
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fangled (encz) | fangled, |
newfangled (encz) | newfangled,novátorský adj: [hanl.] |
Fangled (gcide) | Fangled \Fan"gled\, a.
New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs.,
except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled. "Our fangled
world." --Shak.
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Fangleness (gcide) | Fangleness \Fan"gle*ness\, n.
Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]
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He them in new fangleness did pass. --Spenser.
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Fangless (gcide) | Fangless \Fang"less\, a.
Destitute of fangs or tusks. "A fangless lion." --Shak.
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Fingle-fangle (gcide) | Fingle-fangle \Fin"gle-fan`gle\, n. [From fangle.]
A trifle. [Low] --Hudibras.
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Newfangle (gcide) | Newfangle \New"fan`gle\, a. [New + fangle.]
Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.]
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So newfangel be they of their meat. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Newfangle \New"fan`gle\, v. t.
To change by introducing novelties. [Obs.]
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Newfangled (gcide) | Newfangled \New"fan`gled\, a.
1. Newly made; of a new type or fashion; formed with the
affectation of novelty; -- sometimes used to express
disapproval or disdain. "A newfangled nomenclature." --Sir
W. Hamilton.
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2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new
theories or fashions. "Newfangled teachers." --1 Tim. vi.
(heading). "Newfangled men." --Latimer.
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Newfangledness (gcide) | Newfangledness \New"fan`gled*ness\, n.
Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected
fashion or form.
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Newfangleness (gcide) | Newfangleness \New"fan`gle*ness\, n. [OE. newefanglenes. See
Fangle.]
Newfangledness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Proud newfangleness in their apparel. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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newfangled (wn) | newfangled
adj 1: (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled
ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and
never uses them" [syn: newfangled, new] |
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