rusticity

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noun

The quality of being rustic.

Opposite
Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounrusticity (countable and uncountable, plural rusticities)

plural rusticities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being rustic.
    1 more example

    The accommodation for passengers was designed on a rather lavish scale, as it was expected that extensive housing development would take place in the vicinity. These hopes were not realised, however, and, apart from the school buildings, the surroundings of the station have never lost their rusticity.

    1953 February, H. A. Vallance, “To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap”, in Railway Magazine, page 81

    Synonyms: rusticness

  2. countableuncountableThat which makes something rustic.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being rustic.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being rustic or gauche

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Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinrusticitas
  2. Englishrusticity

From rustic + -ity, from Latin rusticitas.

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Translations

Spanish rusticidad
  • rusticidadthat which makes something rustic
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“rusticity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rusticity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rusticity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rusticity.

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