rustic

[rus·tic]

When you think of the word rustic, think of the rural country. This word can be given a positive or a negative spin depending on how you use it; a rustic inn, for example, might be quaint or it might be virtually uninhabitable.

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Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.

Noun
an unsophisticated country person

Adjective S.
awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"

Adjective S.
characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls"

Adjective S.
used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

Adjective S.
characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"

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a.
Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.

a.
Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.

a.
Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.

a.
Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.

n.
An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.

n.
A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.


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. Milton.
And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
She had a rustic, woodland air.
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'94l.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larv'91 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; 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.
2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]

Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.

An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.

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