rustical
- a word derived from rustic.
Example Sentences
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The homely sound, likewise, of a rustical hornpipe is more agreeable to my ears than the curious warbling and musical quavering of lutes, theorbos, viols, rebecs, and violins.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
Venus without me should be rustical: This goddess' company doth to me befal.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
"A rustical holiness," St. Jerome remarks, "is more valuable than vicious learning and criminal eloquence."
From The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Chalippe, Father Candide
But accost them with honest freedom, and with that customary, and though rustical, most gracious proffer, of the kissed hand, and they withhold neither their hands in turn nor their acquaintance in an honest way.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
Neither is he very happy in trees, and such rustical produce; or, rather, we should say, he is very original, his trees being decidedly of his own make and composition, not imitated from any master.
From George Cruikshank by Thackeray, William Makepeace
