Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new;
- Example: "newfangled ideas"- Example: "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"[syn: newfangled, new]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Newfangled \New"fan`gled\, a.
1. Newly made; of a new type or fashion; formed with the
affectation of novelty; -- sometimes used to express
disapproval or disdain. "A newfangled nomenclature." --Sir
W. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new
theories or fashions. "Newfangled teachers." --1 Tim. vi.
(heading). "Newfangled men." --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
newfangled
adj 1: (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled
ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and
never uses them" [syn: newfangled, new]