Fangle Definition
verb
(obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
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noun
A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
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Origin of Fangle
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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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Derived erroneously from new-fangle (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.
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