only 1 use
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
characteristic of rural life; simple without refined touches
- Low and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition, the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist in a state of greater simplicity, and, consequently, may be more accurately contemplated, and more forcibly communicated; because the manners of rural life germinate from those...
There are no more uses of "rustic" in Preface to Lyrical Ballads.
Typical Usage
(best examples)