newˈfangleness Now rare or Obs.
Also 4–6 -fangel-, -fangil-, (4 -ul-, 5 -yl-), etc.
[f. newfangle a. + -ness.]
= newfangledness.
| c 1374 Chaucer Anel. & Arc. 141 This Fals Arcite of his nuwefangulnesse..Tooke lasse deyntee of hir stedfastnesse. c 1403 Lydg. Temple Glas 103 If þe spirit of nvfangilnes In any wise ȝoure hertis would assaile. a 1460 How Wise Man taught Son 51 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 171 Lat [no] newefangylnes the plese Oftyn to remewe nor to flyt. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 12 Other the kinges subiectes.., inclined to new⁓fangilnes, haue spoken with the same Elizabeth. 1604 T. Wright Passions iv. ii. §6. 137 This newfanglenesse proceedeth from an inconstant mind. 1658 tr. Ussher's Ann. vi. 262 The old luxury of the Persians and the new fanglenes of the Macedons. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. ii, Soon as your newfangleness is gane, He'll look upon you as his tether-stake. |