Meanings
comparative more danfangled · superlative most danfangled
- humorousnonce wordrareThat causes perplexion.
What of this sprightful nature shows / In your danfangled whisp’ring strain?
1888-1898, Matthew Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Poet, 1888-1898: “A Poet of Words”, page 563 more examples
Auditory communication incorporated by / These danfangled contraptions / But I hope we aren't talking about your pointless bitching
2008 October 7, I Set My Friends On Fire, “Ravenous, Ravenous Rhinos”, in You Can't Spell Slaughter Without LaughterWell, I’ll be danfangled, my mother nodded, for she could never be persuaded to curse outright.
2010, Esterházy, Péter,, Not art : a novel, page 178"Danfangled contraption,” grumbled Caratacus. “What’s going on in that prison of yours? Why isn’t this thing moving?”
2017, Sandra L. Rostirolla, Cecilia, page 282
Origin
Unknown; possibly derived from fangled or newfangled.
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