What does "newfangle" mean?
Newfangle: Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.] So newfangel be they of their meat. Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.To change by introducing novelties. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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