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Dictionary: rus·tic   (rŭs'tĭk) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people. See synonyms at rural.
    1. Lacking refinement or elegance; coarse.
    2. Charmingly simple or unsophisticated.
  2. Made of unfinished or roughly finished wood: rustic furniture.
  3. Having a rough or textured appearance; rusticated. Used of masonry.
n.
  1. A rural person.
  2. A person regarded as crude, coarse, or simple.

[Middle English rustik, from Old French rustique, from Latin rūsticus, from rūs, country.]

rustically rus'ti·cal·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Of or relating to the countryside: arcadian, bucolic, campestral, country, pastoral, provincial, rural. Informal hick. See urban/rural.
  2. Of a plain and unsophisticated nature: artless, homely, homespun, natural, unadorned, unpolished. See plain/fancy.

noun

    A clumsy, unsophisticated person: bumpkin, clodhopper, yokel. See ability/inability.

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adj

Definition: country, rural
Antonyms: city, metropolitan, suburban, town, urban

adj

Definition: crude, uncouth
Antonyms: couth, cultured, polished, refined, sophisticated, urbane

n

Definition: person from the country, with little experience
Antonyms: city boy


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1. Descriptive of rough, hand-dressed building stone, intentionally laid with high relief; used in modest structures of rural character.
2. A grade of building limestone, characterized by coarse texture.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Characteristic of dwelling in the country.

pronunciation Our family stays in a rustic cabin during the summer.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rustik, grov, upoleret, landlig, bondsk, bonde-
n. - bonde, landlig person

Nederlands (Dutch)
rustiek, plattelander

Français (French)
adj. - rustique, champêtre
n. - campagnard, rustaud

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rustikal, bäuerlich
n. - Bauer

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αγροτικός, χωριάτικος, (μτφ.) άξεστος, χοντροφτιαγμένος, ρουστίκ, χωριάτικου στιλ
n. - χωρικός, χωριάτης

Italiano (Italian)
rustico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - rural, rude
n. - rústico (m), campesino (m)

Русский (Russian)
сельский, деревенский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - rústico, tosco
n. - rústico, campesino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lantlig, okonstlad
n. - lantbo, bonde

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
乡村的, 手工粗糙的, 纯朴的, 乡下人, 农民, 村夫

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鄉村的, 手工粗糙的, 純樸的
n. - 鄉下人, 農民, 村夫

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전원 생활의, 시골의, 시골뜨기의
n. - 촌놈, 농부

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 田舎の, 素朴な, 田舎者の, 粗木造りの
n. - 田舎者, 農夫

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ريفي, اخرق (الاسم) شخص ريفي, ساذج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קרתני, פשוט, גס, מחוספס, לא מהוקצע, כפרי‬
n. - ‮איכר, כפרי‬


 
 
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