Folklorish

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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