rusticity

[ ruh-stis-i-tee ]

/ rʌˈstɪs ɪ ti /

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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

The town, on the whole, had an air of rusticity and recluseness which might have delighted a romantic imagination.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
There is a kind of rusticity in all those pompous verses; somewhat of a holiday shepherd strutting in his country buskins.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
Like a certain sweet rusticity and charm of European rural life, they do not thrive readily under our skies.
A Year in the Fields|John Burroughs
Indeed, her costume was so out of keeping with the rusticity of her surroundings as to be quite extraordinary.
Animal Ghosts|Elliott O'Donnell

So far the lad's dress and accoutrements were in entire conformity to the primeval rusticity of his surroundings.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen