Rustic Meaning
/ˈɹʌstɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCountry-styled or pastoral; rural.
adjUnfinished or roughly finished.
Sentence Examples
They live in a little, rustic house out in the woods.
Bavarian cooking is hearty and rustic.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cabin in the woods had simple wooden furniture and a ____ charm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple chose a ____ barn venue for their wedding to create a cozy country atmosphere.
Word Origin & History
From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"She had a rustic, woodland air."
— 1800, William Wordsworth, We are Seven:
"late 1700s, Robert Burns, Behold, My Love, How Green the Groves
The Princely revel may survey
Our rustic dance wi' scorn."
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"With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her. They were fond of the sweet orphan. Her presence had seemed a blessing to them, but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection."
— 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
"To this mingling of cultivated and rustic society may also be attributed the rural feeling that runs through British literature."
— 1820, Washington Irving, Rural Life in England in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon:
"the manners not too polite nor too rustic"
— 1704, Alexander Pope, A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cabin in the woods had simple wooden furniture and a ____ charm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple chose a ____ barn venue for their wedding to create a cozy country atmosphere.