Definition of Rustic

1. Adjective. Characteristic of rural life. "Rustic awkwardness"

Exact synonyms: Countrified, Countryfied
Similar to: Rural
Derivative terms: Rusticity

2. Noun. An unsophisticated country person.

3. Adjective. Awkwardly simple and provincial. "The nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
Exact synonyms: Bumpkinly, Hick, Unsophisticated
Similar to: Provincial
Derivative terms: Bumpkin, Rusticity

4. Adjective. Characteristic of the fields or country. "Rustic stone walls"
Exact synonyms: Agrestic
Similar to: Rural
Derivative terms: Rusticity

Definition of Rustic

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

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

Definition of Rustic

1. Adjective. country-styled or pastoral; rural ¹

2. Adjective. unfinished or roughly finished work ¹

3. Adjective. crude, rough ¹

4. Noun. A person from a rural area. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rustic

1. one who lives in the country [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rustic

1. 1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity. "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." 3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress. 4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. Rustic moth Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc, made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged. Synonym: Rural, rude, unpolished, inelegant, untaught, artless, honest. See Rural. Origin: L. Rusticus, fr. Rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. Rustique. See Rural. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rustic

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rust-free
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rust fungus
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rust mite
rust off
rustable
rustbelt
rustbelts
rustbucket
rustbuckets
rusted
rustenburgite
rustful
rustic (current term)
rustical
rusticality
rustically
rusticalness
rusticals
rusticate
rusticated
rusticates
rusticating
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rustications
rusticator
rusticators
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