rustic Definition

rustic
adj

1. Relating to, characteristic of, or living in the country; rural.

Thesaurus: rural, country, pastoral, agrarian, sylvan, bucolic, agricultural; Antonym: urban.
2. With the characteristics of country life or country people, especially in being simple and unsophisticated.
3. Awkward or uncouth.

Thesaurus: coarse, rough, boorish, uncouth, lubberly, simple, awkward, dull; Antonym: cultured, refined.
4. Made of rough untrimmed branches.

Example: rustic furniture
5. Said of masonry: with a rusticated finish.

noun

1. A person from, or who lives in, the country, especially one who is thought of as being simple and unsophisticated; a peasant.

Thesaurus: bumpkin, peasant, hillbilly (US), hick (US), yokel, rube (US) slang), swain; Antonym: sophisticate, man-about-town, dandy.
2. A simple clownish person.
3a. A rough-surfaced brick or stone;
3b. Rustic masonry.

Derivative: rustically
adverb

Derivative: rusticism
noun

A rustic saying or custom.

Derivative: rusticity
noun

Rustic manner; simplicity.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin rusticus, from rus country.