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newfangle

Today it means: Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. Full definition →

Middle English newefangil

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Middle English · inherited fromnewefangil
English todaynewfangle

From Middle English newefangil, neufangel, newefongel, equivalent to new + fangle.

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