folklorish
folklorish adjective: being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
Adjective
folklorish (comparative more folklorish, superlative most folklorish)
- Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
- The reporting in the British press at the time cast the local farmers' dismemberment of the wreckage as a kind of folklorish eucharist whereby a peasantry wielding rustic knives divided the body of a fallen god.2003, Journal of Narrative Theory: JNT. - Volume 33
- Their mythology was a series of inconsequential tales, centring around folklorish birds with human or supernatural powers and clearly more related to the life of land people than to that of the Manus.2016 (original 1956), Margaret Mead, New Lives for Old
Forms of folklorish
| comparative | more folklorish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most folklorish |
Origin of folklorish
From folklore + -ish.
Questions about folklorish
- What does folklorish mean?
- Folklorish means being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
- What part of speech is folklorish?
- Folklorish is an adjective.
Words near folklorish in the dictionary
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