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newˈfangleness Now rare or Obs.
Also 4–6 -fangel-, -fangil-, (4 -ul-, 5 -yl-), etc.
[f. newfangle a. + -ness.]
= newfangledness.
c1374Chaucer Anel. & Arc. 141 This Fals Arcite of his nuwefangulnesse..Tooke lasse deyntee of hir stedfastnesse. c1403Lydg. Temple Glas 103 If þe spirit of nvfangilnes In any wise ȝoure hertis would assaile. a1460How Wise Man taught Son 51 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 171 Lat [no] newefangylnes the plese Oftyn to remewe nor to flyt. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 12 Other the kinges subiectes.., inclined to new⁓fangilnes, haue spoken with the same Elizabeth. 1604T. Wright Passions iv. ii. §6. 137 This newfanglenesse proceedeth from an inconstant mind. 1658tr. Ussher's Ann. vi. 262 The old luxury of the Persians and the new fanglenes of the Macedons. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. ii, Soon as your newfangleness is gane, He'll look upon you as his tether-stake. |