rusticity

Synonyms

rudeness clownishness boorishness coarseness simplicity artlessness

Antonyms

courtliness refinement polish gentility urbanity

Rus*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rusticatus: cf. F. rusticité.] Defn: 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.

rusticity - Similar Words

causticity stoicity rusticly rustic verticity septicity rusticate rubricity unelasticity utility