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rustical

rus·tic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhs-tik]
    • /ˈrʌs tɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhs-tik]
    • /ˈrʌs tɪk/

Definitions of rustical word

  • adjective rustical of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural. 1
  • adjective rustical simple, artless, or unsophisticated. 1
  • adjective rustical uncouth, rude, or boorish. 1
  • adjective rustical made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees, as garden seats. 1
  • adjective rustical (of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled. 1
  • noun rustical a country person. 1

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Origin of rustical

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin rūsticus, equivalent to rūs the country (see rural) + -ticus adj. suffix

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Parts of speech for Rustical

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rustical popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

rustical usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rustical

adj rustical

  • agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
  • georgic — agricultural.

adjective rustical

  • backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
  • farm — processor farm
  • outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.

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