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 Definitions of rustic  [ˈrʌs tɪk]  

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Definition of 'rustic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) rustic
of or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.

2.  rustic
simple, artless, or unsophisticated.

3.  rustic
uncouth, rude, or boorish.

4.  rustic
(of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled.

5. (n.) rustic
a country person.

6.  rustic
an unsophisticated country person.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L rūsticus=rūs the country (cf. rural ) +-ticus adj. suffix)

Definition of 'rustic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) rustic
an unsophisticated country person

2. (adj) countrified, countryfied, rustic
characteristic of rural life
"countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"

3. (adj) bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated
awkwardly simple and provincial
"bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"

4. (adj) agrestic, rustic
characteristic of the fields or country
"agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls"


Definition of 'rustic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) rustic
of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity

2. (adj) rustic
rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners

3. (adj) rustic
coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress

4. (adj) rustic
simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected

5. (noun) rustic
an inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown

6. (noun) rustic
a rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person


Translation of 'rustic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the countryside
rustic life.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: landelik Arabic flag Arabic: ريفي، قَرَوي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: селски
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rústico Czech flag Czech: venkovský German flag German: ländlich
Danish flag Danish: landlig Greek flag Greek: αγροτικός Spanish flag Spanish: rústico
Estonian flag Estonian: maa- Farsi flag Farsi: روستانشینی Finnish flag Finnish: maalais-
French flag French: campagnard Hebrew flag Hebrew: כַּפרִי Hindi flag Hindi: देहाती, ग्राम्य
Croatian flag Croatian: seoski Hungarian flag Hungarian: falusi(as), paraszti Indonesian flag Indonesian: pedesaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sveita- Italian flag Italian: rustico, campagnolo Japanese flag Japanese: いなかの
Korean flag Korean: 시골의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaimiškas, kaimo Latvian flag Latvian: lauku-; zemnieku-
Malay flag Malay: desa Dutch flag Dutch: landelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: bonde-, landsens
Polish flag Polish: wiejski Persian flag Persian: روستانشینی Pashto flag Pashto: کلیوالی ژوند
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rústico Romanian flag Romanian: rustic, (de) laţară Russian flag Russian: деревенский
Slovak flag Slovak: vidiecky, dedinský Slovenian flag Slovenian: podeželski Serbian flag Serbian: rustičan
Swedish flag Swedish: lantlig, rustik Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับชีวิตชนบท Turkish flag Turkish: kırsal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鄉村的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сільський Urdu flag Urdu: دیہاتی آدمی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mộc mạc Chinese flag Chinese: 乡村的

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