See Also: newfangled(dictionary)
vestee(1)(dictionary)
vestee(2)(dictionary)
newfangled(dictionary)

vestee(1) (iou) and newfangled (iou)


vestee(1) (iou)



vestee noun1. rare. L19.
[from VEST verb + -EE1.]
Law. A person vested with a right, property, etc.

newfangled (iou)



newfangled adjective. LME.
[from NEWFANGLE + -ED1.]
(Excessively) fond of new things, fashions, or ideas; easily carried away by whatever is new. LME.
F. Dhondy These new-fangled Art teachers didn't know about Art.
Newly made or existing, novel. Freq. derog. or joc., objectionably or gratuitously modern, different from what one is used to. M16.
C. Amory Her father-in-law pronounced the newfangled Dance 'an indecorous exhibition'. D. Acheson The summer sun..unabated by any such newfangled contrivance as air conditioning.
newfangledly adverb (rare) E20.
newfangledness noun the fact or state of being newfangled; novelty, innovation: M16.