rustic /rusˈtik/

1. Of or characteristic of the country or country people
2. Living in or belonging to the country
3. Like, or like that of, country people
4. Simple and plain
5. Awkward
6. Uncouth
7. Unrefined
8. Roughly made
9. Made of rough branches
10. (of masonry) with sunken or chamfered joints, sometimes with roughened face

1. A peasant
2. A clown
3. A rough-surfaced brick or stone
4. Rustic masonry
5. (in showjumping) a fence made of rough branches, etc

rusˈtical adjective and (rare) noun

rusˈtically adverb

rustˈicate transitive verb

1. To send into the country
2. To banish for a time from town or college because of wrongdoing
3. To make rustic in style
4. To build in rustic masonry

1. To live or go to live in the country
2. To become rustic

rustˈicated adjective

rusticāˈtion noun

rustˈicātor noun

rusticial /-tishˈl/ adjective (Walter Scott, as a false archaism)

rustˈicism /-sizm/ noun

A rustic saying or custom

rusticity /-tisˈi-ti/ noun

1. Rustic manner
2. Simplicity
3. Rudeness

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