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folkiness

folkiness noun: the quality of being folky.

Noun

folkiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being folky.
    • “Wolves (Song of the Shepherd’s Dog)” trades folkiness for something like funk, hinting at War and Talking Heads.2007 September 24, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Origin of folkiness

From folky + -ness.

Questions about folkiness

What does folkiness mean?
Folkiness means the quality of being folky.
What part of speech is folkiness?
Folkiness is a noun.

Words near folkiness in the dictionary

  1. folkhouses
  2. folkie
  3. folkier
  4. folkies
  5. folkiest
  6. folkiness
  7. Folkingham
  8. folkish
  9. folkishly
  10. folkishness
  11. folkism

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