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Adjective: rustic  rús-tik
  1. Characteristic of rural life
    "rustic awkwardness";
    - countrified, countryfied, cornpone [US, informal], down-home [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Awkwardly simple and provincial
    "rustic farmers";
    - bumpkinly [informal], hick [N. Amer, informal], unsophisticated, desi [Asia], cornpone [US, informal]
     
  3. Characteristic of the fields or country
    "rustic stone walls";
    - agrestic
Noun: rustic  rús-tik
  1. An unsophisticated country person

Derived forms: rustics

See also: provincial, rural

Type of: common man, common person, commoner

Encyclopedia: Rustic, Toronto