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fangle

verb
/ˈfæŋ.ɡəl/

Etymology

From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from fōn (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang.

  1. inherited from *fangol, *fangel✻ — “inclined to take”
  2. inherited from fangelen

Definitions

  1. To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.

    • […]not hereby to control and new fangle the Scripture, God forbid, but to mark how corruption and apostasy crept in by degrees, and to gather up wherever we find the remaining sparks of original truth,[…]

  2. To trim showily

    To trim showily; entangle; hang about.

  3. To waste time

    To waste time; trifle.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A prop

      A prop; a taking up; a new thing.

    2. Something newly fashioned

      Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.

    3. A foolish innovation

      A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

    4. A conceit

      A conceit; whim.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA