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rusticity

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rus·tic·i·ty  (r-sts-t)
n. pl. rus·tic·i·ties
1. The condition of being rustic.
2. A rustic trait or mannerism.
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Noun1.rusticity - the quality of being rustic or gauche
gaucherie
gracelessness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stiffness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
urbanity - the quality or character of life in a city or town; "there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity"
Translations
rusticity [rʌsˈtɪsɪtɪ] N → rusticidad f
rusticity
n → Ländlichkeit f


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This glowing description, however, must be lowered or heightened in tone by the association of these characteristics with an undefinable simplicity of mien, a certain slight rusticity of effect.
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Cedric lived to see this union approximate towards its completion; for as the two nations mixed in society and formed intermarriages with each other, the Normans abated their scorn, and the Saxons were refined from their rusticity.
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That being granted he rested him on the floor, unfit through his rusticity for a better place.
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