Adjective The inn has a rustic atmosphere. rustic yokels whose first impulse was to smirk gawkily at anyone not of their own kindNoun a rustic who was awed by the prices that city dwellers had to pay
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Adjective
The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts is rustic and rural, offering the feeling of really getting away from it all. Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2022 The studio compound was green, rustic, and artfully unkempt. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 The shape and overall design, along with the natural acacia’s knotted grain, gives them an extra-rustic vibe. Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2022 Unlike many of the ships in the Star Wars universe, the Halcyon doesn't have that rustic or lived-in feeling like that lovable hunk of junk, the Millennium Falcon. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Feb. 2022 Chicago’s North Side is eclectic, placing near-rustic single-family homes and stolid brick duplexes cheek-by-jowl with low-rise apartment buildings, blocks of row houses, major thoroughfares and Wrigley Field, home to the Chicago Cubs. J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 16 June 2021 More unique than a classic bouquet, these pink and purple lilies come in a gray wooden planter that gives off a rustic-chic vibe. Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 12 Aug. 2022 Just don't miss the elegant fireside dinners in the rustic-chic Main House dining room. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2022 From vintage potato chip tins to patriotic balloons and rustic-chic wooden stars, these fun 4th of July decorations will make your home the talk of the town. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 7 June 2022
Noun
Near Great Sand Dunes National Park, the rustic and clothing-optional Valley View Hot Springs allows all-night soaking (RVs welcome, though hook-ups are unavailable).Outside Online, 4 Aug. 2021 Financial issues and Brando’s concerns about damaging the fragile atoll ecosystems kept the project limited in scope: only the airstrip and a dozen rustic bungalows were ultimately built.Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021 The interconnected great room and kitchen blend rustic and glam decor seamlessly, using pieces from Best Made Co, Shaws, Ferguson, The Home Depot, as well as antique shops. Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 28 Sep. 2021 Combining the rustic with the modern was deliberate. Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2021 Among the rustics, Akaina Ghosh is sweetly doting as Silvius, a simple shepherd lovesick for Phebe, who has no interest in Silvius but becomes smitten with Ganymede. Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019 Hudson, an English naturalist at the turn of the last century, interviewed elderly rustics who still belonged as entirely to their landscape as the wildlife. Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018 Mendelssohn was perhaps the ultimate Biedermeier composer, most inspired with his miniature Songs Without Words or when portraying the fairies and rustics of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 22 June 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English rustik, from Latin rusticus, from rus open land — more at room