rustic

[ ruhs-tik ]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.

  2. simple, artless, or unsophisticated.

  1. uncouth, rude, or boorish.

  2. made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees, as garden seats.

  3. (of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled.

noun
  1. a country person.

  2. an unsophisticated country person.

Origin of rustic

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin rūsticus, equivalent to rūs “the country” (see rural) + -ticus adjective suffix

synonym study For rustic

1. See rural.

Opposites for rustic

Other words from rustic

  • rus·ti·cal, adjective
  • rus·ti·cal·ly, rus·tic·ly, adverb
  • rus·ti·cal·ness, rus·tic·ness, noun
  • non·rus·tic, adjective
  • non·rus·ti·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·rus·tic, adjective
  • un·rus·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for rustic

rustic

/ (ˈrʌstɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, characteristic of, or living in the country; rural

  2. having qualities ascribed to country life or people; simple; unsophisticated: rustic pleasures

  1. crude, awkward, or uncouth

  2. made of untrimmed branches: a rustic seat

  3. denoting or characteristic of a style of furniture popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the legs and feet of chairs, tables, etc, were made to resemble roots, trunks, and branches of trees

  4. (of masonry) having a rusticated finish

noun
  1. a person who comes from or lives in the country

  2. an unsophisticated, simple, or clownish person from the country

  1. Also called: rusticwork brick or stone having a rough finish

Origin of rustic

1
C16: from Old French rustique, from Latin rūsticus, from rūs the country

Derived forms of rustic

  • rustically, adverb
  • rusticity (rʌˈstɪsɪtɪ), noun

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