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. rustically adv. rusticity n.
[ ME f. L rusticus f. rus the country ]