¦ adjective
1. of or characteristic of life in the country.
having a simplicity and charm that is considered typical of the countryside.
2. made of rough branches or timber.
3. (of masonry) having a rough-hewn or roughened surface or sunken joints.
4. denoting freely formed lettering.
¦ noun
1. often derogatory an unsophisticated country person.
2. a small brownish European moth. [Several genera and species in the family Noctuidae.]
Derivatives
rustically adverb
rusticity noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'rural'): from L. rusticus, from rus 'the country'.