Rustic Definition

rŭstĭk
adjective
Of or living in the country, as distinguished from cities or towns; rural.
Webster's New World
Lacking refinement, elegance, polish, or sophistication.
Webster's New World
Charmingly simple or unsophisticated in a manner considered typical of country living.
American Heritage
Having a rough surface or irregular, deeply sunk, deliberately conspicuous joints; rusticated.
Webster's New World
Made of unfinished or roughly finished wood.
Rustic furniture.
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noun
A rural person.
American Heritage
A country person, esp. one regarded as unsophisticated, simple, awkward, uncouth, etc.
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Other Word Forms of Rustic

Noun

Singular:
rustic
Plural:
rustics

Origin of Rustic

  • Middle English rustik from Old French rustique from Latin rūsticus from rūs country reuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin rÅ«sticus.

    From Wiktionary

Rustic Sentence Examples

  • Today, we leave this rustic life and move to the city.

  • Never would she have guessed such a lavish home existed in these rustic mountains.

  • As a rustic dialect the language lasted on in North Africa till the 5th century A.D.

  • Has a rustic, lived in, rural feel.

  • Here we have a series of celebrations representing the occupations of the successive seasons, addressed sometimes to numina who developed later on into the great gods of the state, such as Jupiter, Mars or Ceres, sometimes to vaguer divinities who remained always indefinite and rustic in character, such as Pales and Consus.

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Words Starting With

RRURUS

Words Ending With

CICTIC

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Words Starting With R and Ending With C

Starts With R & Ends With CStarts With RU & Ends With CStarts With R & Ends With IC

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With C