folky

English

Etymology

From folk +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊki

Adjective

folky (comparative folkier, superlative folkiest)

1. (music, informal) Having the character of folk music

   The band opened with a folky little number.

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 244:

     James Taylor flew into England to see if he could interest the Beatles' Apple label into recording "Carolina In My Mind" and some of his other folky material.

Derived terms

• folkiness

Related terms

• folksy

Spanish

Adjective

folky (invariable)

1. folky