¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rustics
1. rustic [n] - See also: rustic
Rustics Pictures
Click the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Rustics Images
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rustics
Literary usage of Rustics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age of Fable; Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch (1856)
"JUNO AND HER RIVALS, IO AND CALLISTO—DIANA AND ACTION —LATONA AND THE rustics.
JUNO one day perceived it suddenly grow dark, and immediately suspected that ..."
2. The History of Rome by Livy (1870)
"Accordingly, he not only returned a kind answer to the ambassadors, but also
showed them a multitude of Numidian rustics, whom he had lately furnished with ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The phrase is strictly a reference to the loss, not of a ship, but of a
sheep (pronounced by rustics "ship"), arising out of the custom of marking sheep ..."
4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles, William Rishanger (1852)
"... countries of Friesland, Gothland, Poland, Bohemia, and both divisions of
Hungary, slaying or putting to flight princes, prelates, citizens, and rustics. ..."
5. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the by P. L. Jacob (1876)
"Opulence of the Bourgeoisie.—" Le Menagier de Paris."—Ancient Dwellings.—State
of rustics at various Periods.—"Rustic Sayings," by Noel du Fail. ..."
6. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"Opulence of the Bourgeoisie.—"Le Menagier do Paris."—Ancient Dwellings.—State of
rustics at various Periods.—" Rustic Sayings," by Noel du Fail. ..."
Other Resources Relating to: Rustics
