Definitions For Fangle

Etymology 1

From Middle English fangelen, pos=v, from fangel, , inclined to take, pos=a, from {{inh, en, ang, , *fangol, *fangel, inclined to take}}, from fōn, , to take, seize. Compare {{cog, ang, andfangol, , undertaker, contractor}}, {{cog, ang, underfangelnes, , undertaking, hospitality}}, {{cog, enm, fangen, , to take, seize, catch}}, {{cog, de, fangen, , to catch}}. More at fang, onfang.

Verb

fangl (obsolete, or, dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create. (obsolete, or, dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about. (obsolete, or, dialectal) To waste time; trifle.

Usage notes

Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression newfangled.

Derived terms

fangleness newfangle newfangled

Etymology 2

back-formation, back formation from newfangled, pos=a as if new + fangle, pos=n. See newfangle.

Noun

FANGLE (plural FANGLEs) (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing. Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy. A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament. A conceit; whim.

Anagrams

flange

Is Fangle a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Fangle is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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