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   Rus·tic

   /ˈrəstik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the countryside; rural.
   • ▪ having a simplicity and charm that is considered typical of the countryside: "the unblemished charm of rustic life has been a perennial source of inspiration for the painter" Similar ruralcountrycountrysidecountrifiedpastoralbucolicagriculturalagrarianliterary:Arcadiansylvanrare:georgicagresticexurbanOpposite urbancitytown
   • ▪ lacking the sophistication of the city; backward and provincial: "you are a rustic halfwit" Similar unsophisticatedunculturedunrefineduncultivatedsimpleplainhomelyartlessunassumingguilelessnaiveingenuouscoarseroughuncouthgracelessawkwardcloddishboorishlumpenbackwoodshillbillyhickarchaic:clownishOpposite sophisticatedculturedurbane
   • 2. made in a plain and simple fashion: "rustic pottery" Similar plainsimplehomelyunsophisticatedhomespunpeasantrough and readyroughrudecrudeOpposite fancyelaborate
   • ▪ made of untrimmed branches or rough timber: "a rustic oak bench"
   • ▪ with rough-hewn or roughened surface or with deeply sunk joints: "a rustic bridge"
   • ▪ denoting freely formed lettering, especially a relatively informal style of handwritten Roman capital letter: "rustic capitals were much easier to form"

   noun

   • 1. an unsophisticated country person: derogatory "they paused to watch the rustics dance and carouse"
   • 2. a small brownish European moth.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘rural’): from Latin rusticus, from rus ‘the country’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rustically adverb
   • 2. rusticity noun

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