rustic

[ ruhs-tik ]

/ ˈrʌs tɪk /

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adjective

of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.

simple, artless, or unsophisticated.

uncouth, rude, or boorish.

made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees, as garden seats.

(of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled.

noun

a country person.

an unsophisticated country person.

Origin of rustic

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin rūsticus, equivalent to rūs the country (see rural) + -ticus adj. suffix

SYNONYMS FOR rustic

1 See rural.

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ANTONYMS FOR rustic

1 urban.

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OTHER WORDS FROM rustic

rus·ti·cal, adjective rus·ti·cal·ly, rus·tic·ly, adverb rus·ti·cal·ness, rus·tic·ness, noun non·rus·tic, adjective

non·rus·ti·cal·ly, adverb un·rus·tic, adjective un·rus·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby rustic

rust-colored, rust-through, rustavi, rustbelt, rustbucket, rustic, rustic joint, rusticana, rusticate, rusticating, rustication

Example sentences from the Web for rustical

By this cunning device, in their rustical eyes, Its tinkle soon passed for a bell of great size.

Literary Fables of Yriarte |Tomas de Iriarte
Richard's gaze went following two rustical people—clearly bride and groom.

The President |Alfred Henry Lewis
Ladds thought that she must be some shy maiden from the country—a little "rustical" perhaps.

The Golden Butterfly |Walter Besant
She did not like country company; the rustical society and conversation annoyed her.

The Virginians |William Makepeace Thackeray

"I am afraid you do not like my name, sir," says I, annoyed with myself to be annoyed with such a rustical fellow.

David Balfour, Second Part |Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for rustical

rustic

/ (ˈrʌstɪk) /

adjective

of, characteristic of, or living in the country; rural

having qualities ascribed to country life or people; simple; unsophisticated rustic pleasures

crude, awkward, or uncouth

made of untrimmed branches a rustic seat

denoting or characteristic of a style of furniture popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the legs and feet of chairs, tables, etc, were made to resemble roots, trunks, and branches of trees

(of masonry) having a rusticated finish

noun

a person who comes from or lives in the country

an unsophisticated, simple, or clownish person from the country

Also called: rusticwork brick or stone having a rough finish

Derived forms of rustic

rustically, adverb rusticity (rʌˈstɪsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for rustic

C16: from Old French rustique, from Latin rūsticus, from rūs the country

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