1. (a.) Pertaining to the country; rural\; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.

2. (a.) Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.

3. (a.) Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.

4. (a.) Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.

5. (n.) An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.

6. (n.) A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.

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