newfangled

adj
/ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/UK/ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/US

Etymology

From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).

Definitions

  1. New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different

    New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.

    • newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
    • Premier Mussolini operated a “new-fangled automobile” driven by electricity on a trial run yesterday, the German Transocean agency reported in a wireless transmission to the United States recorded by the New York Times.
  2. Fond of novelty.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for newfangled. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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