folkloricadj.
/fəʊkˈlɔːrɪk/, /ˈfəʊklɔːrɪk/, U.S. /foʊkˈlɔrɪk/, /ˈfoʊkˌlɔrɪk/ Of or pertaining to folklore.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > traditional > folklore
folkloric1883
folky1914
folksy1947
1883 C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-lore xxxviii. 618 Thus two independent lines of research, philological and folkloric, combine to support the historic evidence.
1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. iv. 106 The intimate knowledge of Aegean culture that we owe primarily to a great variety of monuments is confirmed..by folkloric remains in the Aegean area.
1969 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 32/3 A folkloric dance group from a mining town.
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adj.1883- fall calm
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- fall etc into oblivion
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- fall flat on one's ass
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