Rusticism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rustic custom or characteristic.
"In Scotland, one of the purposes of a university education and rhetoric was to rid the students of their Scottish rusticisms."
- 2 a rural idiom or expression wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"In Scotland, one of the purposes of a university education and rhetoric was to rid the students of their Scottish rusticisms."
Etymology
From rustic + -ism.