folkyadj.
/ˈfəʊki/, U.S. /ˈfoʊki/ Characteristic of the common people; = folksy adj. 2.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > characterized by other specific affectations
folky1914
arty1915
arty-farty1946
folksy1947
artsy-fartsy1962
ton-up1964
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > traditional > folklore
folkloric1883
folky1914
folksy1947
1914 A. H. Sidgwick Promenade Ticket 41 Schubert could have written..folk-songs, much better and much folkier than anything collected from embarrassed rustics.
1936 Scrutiny V. 151 One admits the futility and sentimentality, at this date, of the folky composer.
1940 Archit. Rev. 87 87/2 What must be avoided at all costs is folky architecture.
1970 E. Lee Music of People x. 197 The Seekers were beginning to gain a success with a ‘Folky Pop’ style.
Derivatives
ˈfolkiness n. the state or quality of being folky.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > other specific affectations
Chinesery1855
pastoralism1880
Japonism1890
artiness1901
folksiness1931
folkiness1938
radical chic1970
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > transmitted from one generation to another > folklore or folk culture > state of having or being
folksiness1931
folkiness1938
1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch i. 8 That more blatant surface-charm or glamour—that sugared folkiness—which we are led to expect in out-of-the-way places.
1964 Listener 20 Feb. 330/3 Conventional Slav folkiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1914