1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the
rustic gods of antiquity. "And much a
holy text
near she strews, That
learn the
rustic moralist to die." (Gray) "She had a rustic,
woodland air." (Wordsworth)
2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as,
rustic manners. "A
rustic muse."
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a
rustic entertainment;
rustic dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. Rustic
moth Summer houses, or
furniture for summer houses, etc, made of
rough limbs of
trees fancifully arranged.
Synonym: Rural, rude, unpolished, inelegant, untaught, artless, honest. See Rural.
Origin: L. Rusticus, fr. Rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. Rustique. See Rural.
Source: Websters Vocabulary