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PRONUNCIATION OF NEWFANGLE

newfangle  [ˈnjuːˈfæŋəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEWFANGLE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Newfangle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEWFANGLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Newfangle

Newfangle is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, first broadcast on 1 June 2009. The series is set hundreds of thousands of years ago amongst a tribe of proto-humans. Newfangle, is a low status member of his tribe who tries to improve his status in the tribe by coming up with new inventions such as language, fire and money. However, all of his inventions are stolen by the tribe's alpha male, Alf.

Definition of newfangle in the English dictionary

The definition of newfangle in the dictionary is a newfangled thing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEWFANGLE


diphthongal
dɪfˈθɒŋəl
kingle
ˈkɪŋəl
zingel
ˈzɪŋəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEWFANGLE

newcome
Newcomen
newcomer
newel
newel post
newell
newfangled
newfangledly
newfangledness
newfangleness
Newfie
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland dog
Newfoundland Standard Time
Newfoundlander
Newgate
Newham
Newhaven
newie

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEWFANGLE

angle
bangle
Bermuda Triangle
dangle
dihedral angle
golden triangle
love triangle
mangle
quadrangle
rectangle
right angle
right-angled triangle
round angle
single
solid angle
strangle
tangle
the Golden Triangle
triangle
untangle
warning triangle

Synonyms and antonyms of newfangle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «newfangle» into 25 languages

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380 millions of speakers
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Newfangle
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newfangle
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newfangle
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Newfangle
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newfangle
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newfangle
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नवा
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newfangle
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newfangle
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newfangle
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newfangle
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Trends of use of newfangle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEWFANGLE»

The term «newfangle» is used very little and occupies the 192.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEWFANGLE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEWFANGLE»

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Aliens and Englishness in Elizabethan Drama
Newfangle the vice enters with traditional bravado until Lucifer appears and gives him his orders to corrupt the world. Newfangle's friend Tom Collier enters to report on his day's dishonest dealings before dancing familiarly with Lucifer.
Lloyd Edward Kermode, 2009
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British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue: Volume III: 1590-1597
... Herald (s.p.s) FOLLY: Folly (s.d.s and s.p.s) NICENESS: Niceness (s.d.s) NEWFANGLE: Newfangle (S.d.s and s.p.s) DALLIANCE: Dalliance (s.d.s) JEALOUSY: Jealousy (s.d.s) DUKE: the Duke (s.d.s); Dake (s.p.s) TRUMPETER: a Trumpet ...
Martin Wiggins, Catherine Richardson, 2013
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Rhetorical Subversion in Early English Drama
At the level of the text as an artifact, Fulwell carefully constructs these rhyming couplets to maximize the comedic suspense surrounding Nichol Newfangle's name — Nichol doesn't name himself for his first eleven lines — and thereby produces ...
Douglas W. Hayes, 2004
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English Dramatic Interludes, 1300–1580: A Reference Guide
CHARACTERS Nicol Newfangle (Vice) Haunce Good Fame Devil/Lucifer Philip Fleming God's Promises Tom Collier Cuthbert Cutpurse Honour Tom Tosspot Pierce Pickpurse Severity Rafe Roister Virtuous Living Hankin Hangman PLOT ...
Darryll Grantley, 2004
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Four Tudor Interludes
Finis [Exit Prologue] Here enlreth Nichol Newfangle the Vice laughing, and hath a knave of clubs in his hand which as soon as he speaketh he qlfi'reth unto one of the men or boys standing by. N. New. Ha, ha, ha, ha, now like unto like, it will ...
J. A. B. Somerset, 2014
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Stages and Playgoers: From Guild Plays to Shakespeare
In the Elizabethan Like Will to Like (whose cautionary message is that villains and fools attract their own kind), Nichol Newfangle picks on the women among the crowd: "How say you, woman? you that stand in the angle? / Were you never  ...
Janet Hill, 2002
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Shakespeare's Clown-servants: From Late Feudal to ...
Newfangle. But hast thou no conscience to beguiling thy neighbour? Collier. No, marry, so ich may gain vor my labour. It is a common trade nowadays, this is plain , To cut one another's throat vor lucre and gain. A small vau't as the world is ...
Everett Gary Neasman, 2007
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Staging Conventions in Medieval English Theatre
45 Newfangle, the vice, sees the Devil enter and offers 6 lines of introduction to ' my godfather Lucifer'. At this point another explicit stage direction states: 'This name Lucifer must be written on his back and in his brest.'46 The time taken for ...
Philip Butterworth, 2014
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The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature
The characters are stock figures from the morality tradition; there is even a Vice, Nichol Newfangle, the godson of Lucifer. Towards the middle of the interlude Good Fame, Honour, God's Promise, and Virtuous Life appear and remind the ...
Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., Alan Stewart, Rebecca Lemon, 2012
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The Social Relations of Jonson's Theater
To take a garden variety example, the topic of fashion is all over Ulpian Fulwell's Like Will to Like, quoth the Devil to the Collier (1568), which features a Vice called Nichol Newfangle, who was apprenticed to Lucifer as a tailor. Lucifer fell from ...
Jonathan Haynes, 1992

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEWFANGLE»

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Cheery topics at Diana's burial place, aren't they? Radio 4 is running a new comedy series called Newfangle, about a prehistoric band. «Daily Mail, Jun 09»

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