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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: newfangle 'newfangled' (14-16 centuries), from new + Old English fangen 'seized'

newfangled

 adjective
     
new‧fan‧gled [only before noun]
recently designed or produced - usually used to show disapproval or distrust:
newfangled ideas about children's education
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