Having the qualities, style, or character of folklore; somewhat or superficially resembling folklore.
Folk + lore + -ish suffix. The -ish ending typically creates adjectives meaning 'having the quality of' or 'somewhat like.' This informal variant emerged in the 20th century as a less formal alternative to 'folkloric.'
The -ish ending is brilliant for expressing 'kind of like this, but not quite'—so 'folklorish' suggests something that feels traditional but might be commercialized or artificially created rather than genuinely rooted in a culture.
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