fangle

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Englisch - Englisch
To trim showily; entangle; hang about
A prop; a taking up; a new thing
A conceit; whim
To waste time; trifle
To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create

To control and new fangle the Scripture. — Milton.

A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament
Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy
{n} a foolish attempt, a trifling scheme
Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament
To maufacture, invent or create
To fashion
new fangle
An object, device, any product of mankind, which is deemed futuristic, unnecessary, and occasionally gay. Something is often called new fangled by a cranky old man who is spiteful of this new and awesome technology. Types of art can be considered new fangled as well, particularly music commonly created by young people
fangle

    Silbentrennung

    fan·gle

    Türkische aussprache

    fänggıl

    Aussprache

    /ˈfaɴɢgəl/ /ˈfæŋɡəl/

    Etymologie

    () From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from fōn (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”). More at fang, onfang.
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