RUSTICISM
Dictionary entry overview: What does rusticism mean? • RUSTICISM (noun)
The noun RUSTICISM has 1 sense:
1. a rural idiom or expression
Familiarity information: RUSTICISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUSTICISM (noun)
Meaning:
A rural idiom or expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
ruralism; rusticism
Hypernyms ("rusticism" is a kind of...):
idiom; idiomatic expression; phrasal idiom; phrase; set phrase (an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up)
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