Friendly, informal, and unpretentious: “the essence of this small-town state is a friendly, trusting, just-folks way of dealing with one another” (T.R. Reid).
- Alternative form of just folks.
Variant of folk
- a people or nation; ethnic group: a peaceful folk
- pl. folks or folk people in general; persons: folks differ in their tastes; city folk sometimes vacation in the country
Origin of folkMiddle English ; from Old English folc, akin to German volk ; from Germanic an unverified form fulca-, army, group of warriors ; from uncertain or unknown; perhaps
of, originating among, or having to do with the common people, who transmit the general culture of the group through succeeding generations: folk art
just (plain) folks
Informal simple and unassuming; not snobbish
Informal one's family or relatives, esp. one's parents