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Definition: Newfangled |
NewfangledAdjective1. Of a new (often outrageous) kind or fashion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "newfangled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonym: NewfangledSynonym: new (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Change | Adjective: changed; Verb: newfangled; changeable; transitional; modifiable; alterative. |
Fashion | Modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche; newfangled; (unfamiliar); all the rage, all the go; with it, in, faddish. |
Neologism | Noun: neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce expression; back-formation; caconym; barbarism. |
Unconformity | Newfangled, novel, non-classical; original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar; undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled. |
Vulgarity | Obsolete; (antiquated); unfashionable; newfangled; (unfamiliar); odd; (ridiculous). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Newfangled |
| English words defined with "newfangled": annoying ♦ bothersome ♦ Fangled ♦ galling ♦ irritating ♦ nettlesome, Newfangly ♦ pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy ♦ teasing ♦ vexatious, vexing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "newfangled": Newfangly. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Plato | They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Newfangled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Newfangled" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
newfangled | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "newfangled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نوع جديد, حديث (chat, colloquy, conversation, discourse, late, modernistic, new, palaver, speech, talk, yarn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ултрамодерен (go-go), нов (fresh, maiden, modern, nascent, new, novel, patent, recent, up to date, youthful), моден (chic, current, fashionable, genteel, go, high-toned, in, mainstream, mod, modern, modish, new, nifty, rakish, saucy, smart, stylish, swanky, swell, swinging, swish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | novotářský, moderní (advanced, contemporary, fashionable, filigree, going, latter day, mod, modern, neoteric, neoterical, new, new-fashioned, present day, trendy, up to date, with it). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neumodisch (fashionable, new fangled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεωτεριστικόσ (modernistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | újmódi (new-fangled), újdivatú (new-fangled, new-fashioned), hipermodern (new-fangled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nuovo e strano, singolare (bizarre, curious, rare, rummy, sing., singular, strange, unexampled, unusual), peregrino, modernissimo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | noa-chiaddit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewfanglednay o mais novo (junior). (various references) de modã nouã (new-fashioned). (various references) новомодный (new-fashioned). (various references) nov (neophyte, new, novel, unused, young), moderan (fashionable, hip, modern, neoteric). (various references) novedoso. (various references) nymodig (modern, new, new fangled, new-fangled). (various references) ล้ำหน้า. (various references) yeni model (new fangled), yeni çıkmış (new fangled, novel, out). (various references) що ганя"ться за модою, новомодний (new-fashioned, upstart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "newfangled": newfangledness, newfanglednesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "newfangled" (pronounced nuw'fa"ngguld) |
| 6 | -a" ng g u l d | angled, dangled, entangled, jangled, mangled, spangled, strangled, tangled, wangled, wrangled. |
| 5 | -ng g u l d | bungled, commingled, intermingled, mingled, singled. |
| 4 | -g u l d | bedraggled, boggled, giggled, haggled, juggled, ogled, smuggled, straggled, struggled, toggled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, jostled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, nibbled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, sizzled, snarled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-g-l-n-n-w" | |
-2 letters: fenagled. | |
-3 letters: angeled, endleaf, fenagle, fenland, flanged, gleaned, wangled. | |
-4 letters: aneled, angled, dangle, deafen, deewan, defang, deflea, ennead, fanged, fanned, fawned, fennel, flange, flawed, fledge, gnawed, lagend, leaden, leafed, leaned, legend, wandle, wangle, wanned, weaned, wedeln. | |
-5 letters: agene, aglee, anele, angel, angle, awned, dawen, dewan, eagle, eland, fadge, ganef, glade, gland, glean, glede, gleed, gnawn, laden, lawed, ledge, naled, newel, ngwee, waged, waled, waned, weald, wedel, wedge. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-g-l-n-n-w" | |
+4 letters: newfangledness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 77 66 61 6E 67 6C 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .--. ..-. .- -. --. .-.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110111 01100110 01100001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e w f a n g l e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0077 0066 0061 006E 0067 006C 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48718972678073787170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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