newfangled
adjective

- recently made for the first time, but not necessarily an improvement on what existed before

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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WORD ORIGIN

Circa 1470. Newfangled was formed from the Old English adjective neufangel (from around 1250), which literally meant to capture (fang) something new (neu).

Fang is a derivative of the Old English fon, meaning to capture. The context of something recently coming into fashion was first recorded around 1533.

Note the relationship to the German "neu" and "fangen".


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SYNONYMS

needlessly novel, gimmicky, in vogue

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ANTONYMS

antique, dated, old-fashioned, out-of-date, oldfangled, old hat, passé, musty, vintage

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Practice OWAD in a conversation today
say something like:

“Can you help me out with this NEWFANGLED printer? I can't seem to get it to work properly.”