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rus·tic
(rŭs′tĭk)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people. See Synonyms at rural.
2.
a. Lacking the refinement or elegance associated with urban life.
b. Charmingly simple or unsophisticated in a manner considered typical of country living.
3. Made of unfinished or roughly finished wood: rustic furniture.
4. Having a rough or textured appearance; rusticated. Used of masonry.
n.
1. A rural person.
2. A person regarded as unsophisticated, guileless, or coarse from having been raised in the country.
[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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rustic
(ˈrʌstɪk) orrustical
adj
1. of, characteristic of, or living in the country; rural
2. having qualities ascribed to country life or people; simple; unsophisticated: rustic pleasures.
3. crude, awkward, or uncouth
4. made of untrimmed branches: a rustic seat.
5. (Furniture) 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
6. (Architecture) (of masonry) having a rusticated finish
n
7. a person who comes from or lives in the country
8. an unsophisticated, simple, or clownish person from the country
9. (Architecture) Also called: rusticwork brick or stone having a rough finish
[C16: from Old French rustique, from Latin rūsticus, from rūs the country]
ˈrustically, ˈrusticly adv
rusticity n
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rus•tic
(ˈrʌs tɪk)adj.
1. of or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
2. simple, artless, or unsophisticated.
3. uncouth, rude, or boorish.
4. (of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled.
n. 5. a country person.
6. an unsophisticated country person.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin rūsticus=rūs the country (compare rural) + -ticus adj. suffix]
rus′ti•cal•ly, adv.
rus•tic•i•ty (rʌˈstɪs ɪ ti) n.
syn: See rural.
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Noun | 1. | rustic - an unsophisticated country person countryman, ruralist - a man who lives in the country and has country ways countrywoman - a woman who lives in the country and has country ways redneck - a poor White person in the southern United States |
Adj. | 1. | rustic - characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness" rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" |
2. | rustic - awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" | |
3. | rustic - characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" |
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rustic
adjective
1. rural, country, pastoral, bucolic, sylvan, Arcadian, countrified, upcountry, agrestic the rustic charms of a country lifestyle
rural urban, cosmopolitan
rural urban, cosmopolitan
2. simple, homely, basic, plain, homespun, unsophisticated, unrefined, artless, unpolished wonderfully rustic old log cabins
simple grand, polished, sophisticated, elegant, refined
simple grand, polished, sophisticated, elegant, refined
noun
1. yokel, peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bumpkin, Hodge, swain (archaic), hillbilly, country boy, clod, boor, country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), clodhopper (informal), son of the soil, clown, countryman or countrywoman rustics in from the country
yokel cosmopolitan, courtier, townie, city slicker, sophisticate, townsman
yokel cosmopolitan, courtier, townie, city slicker, sophisticate, townsman
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rustic
adjective1. Of or relating to the countryside:
Informal: hick.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person:
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Translations
ريفي، قَرَويغَيْر مُتْقَن
hrubě zhotovenývenkovský
landligrustik
durván megmunkáltfalusiasparasztirusztikus
óheflaîur, grófgerîursveita-
kaimiškas
lauku-vienkāršszemnieku-
z neopracovaného dreva
kabaca yapılmışkırsal
rustic
[ˈrʌstɪk]A. ADJ [pursuits] → rústico, del campo; [restaurant, cottage] → rústico, de campo; [style] → rústico; [setting, atmosphere] → rústico, campestre
B. N → aldeano/a m/f
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rustic
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rustic
(ˈrastik) adjective1. of the countryside. rustic life.
2. roughly made. a rustic fence.
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