Rusticity
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 the quality of being rustic or gauche wordnet
- 3 That which makes something rustic. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"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.