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adjective

Newfangled adj.

Newly made; of a new type or fashion; formed with the affectation of novelty; sometimes used to express disapproval or disdain. "A newfangled nomenclature."

Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions. "Newfangled teachers." "Newfangled men."

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Etymology of 'Newfangled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Unhappily no, they hate it, and love the Counter-Revolution. Young epauletted men, with quality-blood in them, poisoned with quality-pride, do sniff openly, with indignation struggling to become contempt, at our Rights of Man, as at some newfangled cobweb, which shall be brushed down again. Old officers, more cautious, keep silent, with closed uncurled lips; but one guesses what is passing within. Nay who knows, how, under the plausiblest word of command, might lie Counter-Revolution ...

— The French Revolution • Thomas Carlyle

... all the more reason. Is it worth maybe a little gamble our Bleema should grow up like the best? I got bigger plans for her and her little mammela than such a back room all their lives. In a few years, maybe three rooms for ourselves in one of them newfangled apartment-houses up on Second Avenue with ...

— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst

... listened to the complaints of an old riverboat pilot who was having trouble making the switch from sail to steam. The old pilot wanted no part of the newfangled steam contraptions. "Maybe so," replied Twain, "but when it's ...

— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics

... than to secede from Christianity to become Utilitarians; for that it would be a confession of ignorance of the faith they deserved, seeing that it was the main duty inculcated by our religion to do all in morals and manners to which the newfangled doctrine ...

— The Annals of the Parish • John Galt

... and I am no exception. I am not up to waltzing or any of the newfangled round dances, but give me a Highland schottische, or a square dance, when there is an inventive genius to call off the figures and prescribe plenty of variety. There was no professional caller-off at Interlaken, but Lincoln Todd did duty for one as he danced. ...

— The Making of Mary • Jean Forsyth

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