rusticity
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Etymology
Origin of rusticity
1525–35; < Middle French rusticite < Latin rūstic ( us ) rustic + Middle French -ite -ity
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Beneath the rusticity of the crunchy kitchen and the plasticity of the container kitchen lies a dysfunctional relationship to our contemporary American food landscape.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
At camp, which combines Catskills rusticity with Greek architectural elements, Percy will find that he’s not alone among the illegitimate, half-abandoned children of gods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
“The emperors are connecting themselves with rusticity and peasants.”
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 16, 2023
There are pockets of old-vine zinfandel vineyards producing impressive wines that combine rusticity — wild sagebrush and a dusty character that suggests warmth — with fine acidity and soft tannins.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
But little by little he let himself be conquered by rusticity, and came to accept the fact that he had no calling as a dandy, especially since there was no one to appreciate his efforts.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
It was the more touching from occasional rusticities and artistic defects, which showed that she had received no culture from art.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
To Gard it all now appeared seemly enough, like an opera peasant ballet whose frank rusticities were excused under the inspiration of the music.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver
But ye verses, away to fire, to burning, Rank rusticities, empty vapid annals 20 Of Volusius, heap of all dishonour.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
She has collected around her all manner of pretty rusticities; all the comfortable elegancies she could imagine.
From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence
What a perpetual fund would it have been of obsolete words and phrases, unusual barbarisms and rusticities, absurd spellings and complicated dialects!
From Essays and Tales by Morley, Henry
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