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t early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.

Any form of belief in mental healing other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a the…

first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptosp…

To remodel.

Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.

Recently born. Shak.

Recently come.

One who has lately come.

A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.] So newfangel be they of their meat. Chaucer.

Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton.

Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

Newfangledness. [Obs.] Chaucer. Proud newfangleness in their apparel. Robynson (More's Utopia).

One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change. [Obs.] Tooker.

In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

A Newfoundland dog. Tennyson. Newfoundland dog (Zoöl.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.

Yeast; barm. [prov. Eng.]

Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.