newfangleness

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes), equivalent to new- +‎ fangle +‎ -ness. === Noun === newfangleness (uncountable) Obsolete form of newfangledness. === References === “newfangleness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes). === Noun === newfangleness (uncountable) newfangledness; the state of being newfangled ==== Related terms ==== newfangle === References === “newfangleness”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.