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rusticity

[ ruh-stis-i-tee ]

/ rʌˈstɪs ɪ ti /

noun, plural rus·tic·i·ties.

the state or quality of being rustic.

rural character or life.

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Origin of rusticity

1525–35; <Middle French rusticite<Latin rūstic(us) rustic + Middle French -ite-ity

Words nearby rusticity

rustic, rusticana, rusticate, rusticating, rustication, rusticity, rustic joint, Rustin, rust joint, rustle, rustler

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Example sentences from the Web for rusticity

Of course he had betrayed his ignorance and rusticity in a hundred little ways.
Tom Tufton's Travels|Evelyn Everett-Green
A photograph or any ornamentation whatever upon a card savors of ill-breeding or rusticity.
Social Life|Maud C. Cooke
Prince Villari remarked it, and supposed that the fit of rusticity was not yet over.
The Rubicon|E. F. Benson
Hence, to be a farmer here implies no social inferiority, no rusticity, no boorishness.
The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky|James Lane Allen

She must not be too plain—that would seem like rusticity: nor too magnificent—that would be ostentation.
A Fair Mystery|Bertha M. Clay

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