Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

folkishness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: folk-ish-ness
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being folkish.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mr. Hakola’s music scampers about mischievously, mixing together shapely lyricism, atonality, quirky folkishness and an almost hedonistic approach to timbre and rhythm."

Etymology

From folkish + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: folkish

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does folkishness mean?: The quality of being folkish.
Where does folkishness come from?: From folkish + -ness.

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