
Noah Webster
Rustic
RUST'IC,
RUST'ICAL, adjective [Latin rusticus, from rus, the country.]
1. Pertaining to the country; rural; as the rustic gods of antiquity.
2. Rude; unpolished; rough; awkward; as rustic manners or behavior.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned.
Rustic work, in a building, is when the stones, etc., in the face of it, are hacked or pecked so as to be rough.
RUST'IC, noun An inhabitant of the country; a clown.