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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Rustic, -ik, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. rustyk (c1440), L. rūsticus, f. rūs country.] a. = Rustical(l adj. a. b. = Rustical(l adj. b (the quot. f. Compl. may be merely a further instance of a). —a. 1549 Compl. 43/18.
The maist anciant nobilis … detestit vrbanite and desirit to … laubir rustic occupation on the hoilsum feildis —b. 1549 Compl. 62/21.
Ane rustic pastour of bestialite distitut of vrbanite and of speculatione of natural philosophe 1596 Dalr. II 210/24.
The peaple war rude and rustik 1600-1610 Melvill 75.
[He] was nocht rustic nor auster, bot sweit and affable in companie, with a modest and naive gravitie
