Rusticity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being rustic. countable, uncountable

    "The accommodation for passengers was designed on a rather lavish scale, as it was expected that extensive housing development would take place in the vicinity. These hopes were not realised, however, and, apart from the school buildings, the surroundings of the station have never lost their rusticity."

  2. 2
    the quality of being rustic or gauche wordnet
  3. 3
    That which makes something rustic. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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gaucherieprovincialismruralismruralismsimplicityuncourtliness

Example

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"The accommodation for passengers was designed on a rather lavish scale, as it was expected that extensive housing development would take place in the vicinity. These hopes were not realised, however, and, apart from the school buildings, the surroundings of the station have never lost their rusticity."

Etymology

From rustic + -ity, from Latin rusticitas.

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