adj. & n.
--adj.
1. having the characteristics of or associations with the country or country life.
2 unsophisticated, simple, unrefined.
3 of rude or country workmanship.
4 made of untrimmed branches or rough timber (a rustic bench).
5 (of lettering) freely formed.
6 Archit. with rough-hewn or roughened surface or with sunk joints.
7 archaic rural.
--n. a person from or living in the country, esp. a simple unsophisticated one.
Derivatives:
rustically adv. rusticity n.
Etymology: ME f. L rusticus f. rus the country