Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun, plural folk·ies, adjective, folk·i·er, folk·i·est.
noun
adjective, folk·i·er, folk·i·est.
- of or relating to folk singers or folk music.
noun plural -ies
- a devotee of folk music
“characteristic of the common people,” 1914, from folk + -y (2). Old English had folcisc “popular, secular, common.”
“devotee of (modern) folk music,” attested by 1966, with -ie.