newfangleness

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English

Etymology

From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes), equivalent to new- +‎ fangle +‎ -ness.

Noun

newfangleness (uncountable)

Obsolete form of newfangledness.

References

“newfangleness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes).

Noun

newfangleness (uncountable)

newfangledness; the state of being newfangled
- 1586, Maitland, Quarto Manuscript‎:
  To weir all thing that sinne provoikis / And all for newfangilnes of geir.
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Related terms

newfangle

References

“newfangleness”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

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