rustic

Definitions

1. 1.Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. "A rustic muse." Spenser.
2. 2.Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
3. 3.Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. Pope. Rustic moth (Zoöl.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larvæ 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. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged. See Rural.
4. 4.An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. Pope.
5. 5.A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. "A rustic muse." Spenser called?
• What is coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress called?
• What is an inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. Pope called?
• What is a rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic] called?