rustic

Definition

Country-styled or pastoral; rural.

Etymology

From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.

Example Sentences

• "rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely"
• "She had a rustic, woodland air."
• "late 1700s, Robert Burns, Behold, My Love, How Green the Groves The Princely revel may survey Our rustic dance wi' scorn."