Folklorish
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Being similar to or having the quality of folklore. colloquial
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From folklore + -ish.
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