rustic
Country-styled or pastoralCountry-styled or pastoral; rural.
» Bavarian cooking is hearty and rustic.
Die bayerische Küche ist herzhaft und rustikal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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4 sensesCountry-styled or pastoral; rural.
rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely
rustikal
се́льскийsélʹskij
characteristic of the fields or country
Unfinished or roughly finished.
rustic manners
Crude, rough.
Simple; artless; unaffected.
awkwardly simple and provincial
Examples
16 sentencesBavarian cooking is hearty and rustic.
deDie bayerische Küche ist herzhaft und rustikal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This house has a very rustic style.
It's a very beautiful, rustic site to visit.
They live in a little, rustic house out in the woods.
ruОни живут в небольшом загородном доме в лесу. — Karok
deSie wohnen in einem kleinen, rustikalen Haus draußen in den Wäldern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The rustic youth was as yet ignorant of the wiles of love.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.
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Forms
more rustic, most rustic| Comparative | more rustic Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most rustic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- characteristic of the fields or country:agrestic
- awkwardly simple and provincial:bumpkinlyhickunsophisticated
- characteristic of rural life:countrifiedcountryfied
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.