rootsy
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈruːtsi/
- Literature
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tradicional
- Her rootsy style reflects the cultural heritage of her hometown.
- rootsy songwriter
- rootsy rocker
- rootsy vibe
Examples
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Well, he's just this, uh, rootsy guy from the South who came up... in the relatively early days of rock and roll, '60s, and has been at the top of his game all these years, and he can play, you know, session in Memphis, Tennessee or Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and then he can play in front of 40,000 people with the Rolling Stones.
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Nearly 500 elliptical pages long, the book is beautiful, psychedelic, rootsy, ragged, terse, boring, riveting, sad, funny, nostalgic, and forward-looking.
Blog text (27) -
A rootsy, Muddy Waters-esque guitar riff kicks off "Nobody" before giving way to a heavy, Stax-influenced groove that would have both Freddie King and James Brown shaking their heads.
Blog text (24) -
The rootsy sound of the band captured the essence of traditional folk music.
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He enjoys listening to rootsy music that evokes a sense of nostalgia.
Synonyms
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6.0
Relating to traditional stories, songs, and customs of a community
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4.8
Simple and traditional in style, often in music or art
Like traditional songs played with simple acoustic instruments
Showing a simple, traditional style like village music or crafts
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A kind of music like old folk, country and blues that sounds simple and honest
How Traditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rootsy comes from root, which also means 'origin' or where something begins, plus the ending -y that means 'connected to' or 'like'. So a rootsy song or style sounds close to its musical 'roots' and feels traditional and simple.