What is the meaning of rustic?

noun

  • An unsophisticated country person.

adjective

  • Characteristic of rural life.
    • usage: "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"
  • Awkwardly simple and provincial.
    • usage: "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
  • Characteristic of the fields or country.
    • usage: "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls"
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APAWordNet. (2010). rustic. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/rustic/definitions/1182656
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