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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Newfangill, -le, a. [ME. (Chaucer, Gower, etc.) newefangel, -yl, -fongel, e.m.E. new(e)fangle, f. New a. and OE. *fangol ‘inclined to take’, f. the stem fang- (see Fang v.): cf. also MDu. nievingel(heit).] Eager to take up new fashions or ideas; unduly enamoured of new things. — 1513 Doug. xiii. vi. 141.
The lusty matronys newfangill of syk thyng … Desyris thé as for thar prynce and lord a 1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 9.
The English … with new guises daily resorted hither and turned new-fangle the court
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