danfangled

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adjective

That causes perplexion.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivedanfangled (comparative more danfangled, superlative most danfangled)

comparative more danfangled · superlative most danfangled

  1. 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 56
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    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 Laughter

    Well, 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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APA

danfangled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danfangled

MLA

“danfangled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danfangled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “danfangled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danfangled.

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