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Rusticity

Rusticity Meaning & Definition
Rusticity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rusticity?

[n] the quality of being rustic or gauche

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rusticity: gaucherie

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rusticity:

See Also | awkwardness | clumsiness | gracelessness | stiffness

Rusticity In Webster's Dictionary

\Rus*tic"ity\, n. [L. rusticitas: cf. F. rusticit['e].] The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric dialect. --Addison. The Saxons were refined from their rusticity. --Sir W. Scott.

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