Rustic /(?)/
Rus·tic
Rustic
a.
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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.
She had a rustic, woodland air.
- Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.
- Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
- Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.
Phrases & Compounds
- Rustic moth
- any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larvae are called cutworms. See Cutworm.
- Rustic work
- 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
Rustic
n.
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An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away.
- A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]