ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. Unfinished or roughly finished.
  2. Crude, rough.
  3. Simple; artless; unaffected.
  4. A rural person.
  5. (derogatory) An unsophisticated or uncultured person.
  6. (entomology) A noctuoid moth.
  7. (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

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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