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folky

[foh-kee]Informal.
noun, plural folk·ies, adjective, folk·i·er, folk·i·est.
  1. folkie.
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Origin of folky

First recorded in 1935–40; folk + -y2

folkie

or folk·y

[foh-kee]Informal.
noun
  1. folk singer.
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adjective, folk·i·er, folk·i·est.
  1. of or relating to folk singers or folk music.
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Origin of folkie

1960–65; folk (singer1) + -ie
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  • Folky 554 folk are like their neighbours, poor devils who howl for excitement—want of anything better to do.

British Dictionary definitions for folky

folkie

folky

noun plural -ies
  1. a devotee of folk music
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Word Origin and History for folky

adj.

"characteristic of the common people," 1914, from folk + -y (2). Old English had folcisc "popular, secular, common."

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folkie

n.

"devotee of (modern) folk music," attested by 1966, with -ie.

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