rustic has definitions from the field of agriculture
1
[ adjective ] awkwardly simple and provincial

Examples

"bumpkinly country boys" "rustic farmers" "a hick town" "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

The assisting musicians from the Vienna_Octet are somewhat lacking in expertise , but their contribution is rustic and appealing .

Related terms

provincial

2
[ adjective ] (agriculture) characteristic of rural life

Examples

"countrified clothes" "rustic awkwardness"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Well , Jerebohm and his wife Pinkie have reached the stage of affluence that stirs a longing for the more atrociously expensive rustic simplicities .

Related terms

rural

3
[ adjective ] used of idealized country life

Examples

"a country life of arcadian contentment" "a pleasant bucolic scene" "charming in its pastoral setting" "rustic tranquility"

Related terms

rural

4
[ adjective ] (agriculture) characteristic of the fields or country

Synonyms

agrestic

Examples

"agrestic simplicity" "rustic stone walls"

Related terms

rural

5
[ noun ] an unsophisticated country person
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