adj.
- of or characteristic of life in the country.
▸having a simplicity and charm that is considered typical of the countryside.
- made of rough branches or timber.
- (of masonry) having a rough-hewn or roughened surface or sunken joints.
- denoting freely formed lettering.
n.
- often derogatory an unsophisticated country person.
- a small brownish European moth.
[Several genera and species in the family Noctuidae.]
Derivative
- rustically adv.
- rusticity n.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘rural’): from L. rusticus, from rus ‘the country’.
