Meaning

4 senses

  1. Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.

  2. A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

  3. A conceit; whim.

  4. (obsolete)A prop; a taking up; a new thing.

Origin

Back-formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.

Back-formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.

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Forms

plural: fangles
Singularfangle
Pluralfangles

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfingle-fangle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fangfangirlfantasizefantasticA2

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