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Definition of Fangled
1. a. New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.
Definition of Fangled
1. Verb. (past of fangle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fangled
1. fangle [v] - See also: fangle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fangled
Literary usage of Fangled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... They swear, for all Ute dons in Suvil NEW-fangled, a. ... be deemed obsolete;
but see FANGLE, and fangled. ..."
2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"TO NOAH WEBSTER, ON NEW-fangled MODES OF WHITING AND PRINTING. I CANNOT but
applaud your zeal for preserving the purity of our language, ..."
3. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1908)
"The new-fangled policy of the federal party, you will have noticed, has made a
considerable figure in the newspapers. Some of the Editors are resuming the ..."
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