English Explanatory Dictionary

rustic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
  2. Unfinished or roughly finished.
  3. Crude, rough.
  4. Simple; artless; unaffected.
noun
  1. A rural person.
  2. An unsophisticated or uncultured person.
  3. A noctuoid moth.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹʌstɪk/ en-uk-rustic.ogg en-us-rustic.ogg en-au-rustic.ogg

Word forms

rustic more rustic most rustic rustick rusticke rustique rustics

Etymology

From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.

Synonyms

bogger bogtrotter boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hick hob hobnail hog-rubber honyock hunk lob promdi provincial rube rustic woolly back yokel

Derived words

nonrustic rosy rustic rustically rustic bunting rusticise rusticism rusticity rusticization rusticize rusticly rustic moth rusticness rustic ware rustic-work semirustic unrustic mottled rustic
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