Rustic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹʌstɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rustic is an adjective meaning Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
Meaning
Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
More Meanings
- Unfinished or roughly finished.
- Crude, rough.
- Simple; artless; unaffected.
- A rural person.
- (derogatory) An unsophisticated or uncultured person.
- (entomology) A noctuoid moth.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.
Example Sentences
rustic manners
She had a rustic, woodland air.
the manners not too polite nor too rustic
rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely
Word Forms
- rustick
- rusticke
- rustique
- rustics
Synonyms for rustic
Depending on context, synonyms include bogger, bogtrotter, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include agrestic, rural, bucolic, countrified, hick, bumpkinly.
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