[ruhs-tik] 
| 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. |
| 6. | a country person. |
| 7. | an unsophisticated country person. |
| 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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