— newfangledness , n.
/nooh"fang"geuhld, -fang'-, nyooh"-/ , adj.
1. of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
2. fond of or given to novelty.
[ 1425-75; late ME, equiv. to newefangel fond of or taken by what is new ( newe NEW + -fangel, OE * fangol inclined to take, equiv. to fang-, s. of fon to take (cf. FANG 2 ) + -ol adj. suffix) + -ED 3 ]