Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Rusticity.
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Examples
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I've been a little surprised at the warm reception that "Twelfth Night's" music has had, because it is essentially folk music, and it has a kind of ballad and dance rusticness that seems not to sit that well with New Yorkers, generally speaking.
Daniel Menaker: The Public Theater's Presentation of "Twelfth Night" 2009
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Some at MBR HQ call this beer with "floaty bits" and it almost seems like a badge of authenticity - of rusticness.
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A galette, I had heard, was easy to make and impressive in its rusticness.
Cheese and Tomato Galette: It’s not a pizza. Really! | Baking Bites 2005
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A galette, I had heard, was easy to make and impressive in its rusticness.
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A galette, I had heard, was easy to make and impressive in its rusticness.
Baking Bites » Print » Cheese and Tomato Galette: It’s not a pizza. Really! 2005
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I think that the rusticness looks quite nice for this cake, particularly since I've been feeling in the mood for non-chocolatey things lately.
Apricot & Honey Slice Cake Niki 2005
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"When it's faked, you can see it too often -- it's easy to fake rusticness, roughness, and crudity."
Chicago Reader 2010
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Classic Rhone rusticness, structurally superb, and amazing complexity - I got
Irish Blogs 2009
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Dogget is described as wearing "an old threadbare black coat, to which he had put new cuffs, pocket-lids, and buttons, on purpose to make its rusticness more conspicuous.
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
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