rustic
adjective
[ ˈrʌstɪk ]
• relating to the countryside; rural.
• made in a plain and simple fashion.
• "rustic pottery"
Similar:
plain,
simple,
homely,
unsophisticated,
homespun,
peasant,
rough and ready,
rough,
rude,
crude,
rustic
noun
• an unsophisticated country person.
• "they paused to watch the rustics dance and carouse"
Similar:
countryman,
countrywoman,
peasant,
son/daughter of the soil,
country bumpkin,
bumpkin,
yokel,
country cousin,
paysan,
campesino,
contadino,
paisano,
muzhik,
kulak,
fellah,
ryot,
culchie,
bogman,
hillbilly,
hayseed,
hick,
rube,
bushy,
backblocker,
clown,
villein,
swain,
hind,
carl,
cottier,
bucolic,
• a small brownish European moth.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘rural’): from Latin rusticus, from rus ‘the country’.
