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RUSTICITY
rusticity, gaucherie
(noun) the quality of being rustic or gauche
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rusticity (countable and uncountable, plural rusticities)
The quality of being rustic.
That which makes something rustic.
Source: Wiktionary
Rus*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rusticatus: cf. F. rusticité.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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