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rus⋅tic
[ruhs-tik] 
tɪk
–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural. |
| 2. | simple, artless, or unsophisticated. |
| 3. | uncouth, rude, or boorish. |
| 4. | made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees, as garden seats. |
| 5. | (of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled. |
–noun
| 6. | a country person. |
| 7. | an unsophisticated country person. |
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| rus·tic (rŭs'tĭk) adj.
[Middle English rustik, from Old French rustique, from Latin rūsticus, from rūs, country; see reuə- in Indo-European roots.] rus'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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Rustic
Rus"tic\, a. [L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. rustique. See Rural.]1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity. "Rustic lays." --Milton. And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. --Gray. She had a rustic, woodland air. --Wordsworth. 2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. "A rustic muse." --Spenser. 3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress. 4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. --Pope. Rustic moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larv[ae] are called cutworms. See Cutworm. Rustic work. (a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very conspicuous. (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged. Syn: Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward; rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest. See Rural.Rustic
Rus"tic\, n. 1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. --Pope. 2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]
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Language Translation for : rustic
Spanish:
rústico,
German:
ländlich,
Japanese:
いなかの
rustic
1440, from L. rusticus, from rus (gen. ruris) "open land, country" (see rural). Noun meaning "a country person, peasant" is from c.1550.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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