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Definition of Rustic
1. Adjective. Characteristic of rural life. "Rustic awkwardness"
2. Noun. An unsophisticated country person.
Specialized synonyms: Coon, Countryman, Ruralist, Countrywoman, Bushwhacker, Hillbilly, Bucolic, Peasant, Provincial, Cracker, Redneck, Woodman, Woodsman, Bumpkin, Chawbacon, Hayseed, Hick, Rube, Yahoo, Yokel
Derivative terms: Rusticate
3. Adjective. Awkwardly simple and provincial. "The nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
Similar to: Provincial
Derivative terms: Bumpkin, Rusticity
4. Adjective. Characteristic of the fields or country. "Rustic stone walls"
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)
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