newfangleness
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes), equivalent to new- + fangle + -ness.
Noun edit
newfangleness (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of newfangledness.
References edit
- “newfangleness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes).
Noun edit
newfangleness (uncountable)
- newfangledness; the state of being newfangled
- 1586, Maitland, Quarto Manuscript[1]:
- To weir all thing that sinne provoikis / And all for newfangilnes of geir.
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Related terms edit
References edit
- “newfangleness” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.