Rustic
rustic (?), a. (L. rusticus, fr.rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. rustique. See
Rural.) 1. Of or pertaining to the
country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.
Rustic lays. Milton.
And many a holy text around she strews,
That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Gray.
She had a rustic, woodland air.
Wordsworth.
2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as,
rustic manners. A rustic muse.
Spenser.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic
entertainment; rustic dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned;
unaffected. Pope.
Rustic moth (Zool.), any moth
belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larva are
called cutworms. See Cutworm. -- Rustic
work. (a) (Arch.) Cut stone
facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face
of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very
conspicuous. (b) (Arch. rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught;
awkward; rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest.
See Rural.
rustic , n. 1. Aninhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or
dull; a clown.
Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence,
away. Pope.
2. A rural person having a natural simplicity
of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.
(Poetic)
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