rustic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an unsophisticated country person
  2. adjective characteristic of rural life
  3. adjective awkwardly simple and provincial

Etymology

From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.

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