rustic
/ˈɹʌstɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
noun
Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.
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."
- "With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her. They were fond of the sweet orphan. Her presence had seemed a blessing to them, but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection."
- "To this mingling of cultivated and rustic society may also be attributed the rural feeling that runs through British literature."
- "rustic manners"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rūsticus
Usage
Inflected Forms
more rustic (comparative)
most rustic (superlative)
rustick (alternative)
rusticke (alternative)
rustique (alternative)
rustics (plural)