folk English
Alternative forms
* voke, volk, volke (dialectal)
Adjective
( -)
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
- folk''' psychology; '''folk linguistics
Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
* J. R. Green
- The organization of each folk , as such, sprang mainly from war.
The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
*1907 , Race Prejudice , Jean Finot, p. 251:
*:We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk' and the Germanic ' folk have become Gaulish!
One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
(music) Folk music.
(plural only) People in general.
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* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
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, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes
(plural only) A particular group of people.
Derived terms
* folk devil
* folk etymology
* folk hero
* folklore
* folk medicine
* folk memory
* folk music
* folkster
* folksy
Related terms
* volk (dialectical)
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lore English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).
Noun
all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
- the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
* Milton
- His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
The backstory created around a fictional universe.
(obsolete) workmanship
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* birdlore
* booklore
* catlore
* doglore
* faxlore
* fishlore
* folklore
* photocopylore
* woodlore
* wortlore
* xeroxlore
Etymology 2
From (etyl)
Noun
( en noun)
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Derived terms
* lored
Etymology 3
Verb
( head)
(obsolete) (lose)
* Spenser
- Neither of them she found where she them lore .
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