'Rusticity' definitions:

Definition of 'rusticity'

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noun
The quality of being rustic or gauche [syn: rusticity, gaucherie] [ant: urbanity]

Definition of 'Rusticity'

From: GCIDE
  • Rusticity \Rus*tic"ity\, n. [L. rusticitas: cf. F. rusticit['e].] The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The Saxons were refined from their rusticity. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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