newfanglednessn.
/ˌnjuːˈfaŋɡldnəs/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uˈfæŋɡ(ə)ldnəs/ Now frequently depreciative (sometimes humorously).
The fact or state of being newfangled; (objectionable) modernness or novelty.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > novelty or unusual character of something
noveltya1387
newfanglenessc1395
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newfanglement1798
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 176 Who ys my fo who brynges me in thys cace? I can none blame but ffals newfanglydnes.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fiv The supersticion of the Chaldees, and idle newfanglednesse of the Grekes.
1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. xxxvii So sore charged with newfanglednes and singularitie.
1608 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion in Wks. (1620) I. l. 724/2 How easilie am I ouer-caried with this humour of newfanglednesse.
a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy xiii, in Remains (1670) 155 Thoughts impatient, Which work new fangledness in peoples minds.
1693 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1834) iii. vii. 63 The Novelty and new-fangledness thereof..I dislike.
1823 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 523 But this is the age of anomaly and newfangledness.
1877 G. Fraser Wigtown 361 So averse was he to titles and ‘newfangledness’, as he used to call it.
1923 R. L. Cassie Heid or Hert 29 A wud like tae tell ye aboot..a' this newfangletness 'at we see a' wye roon.
1985 J. Winterson Oranges are not Only Fruit 118 In the old days, we got bread and fruit and a few nice bits of veg. It's new-fangledness, that's what it is.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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