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  • 1rustic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rural, countrified, bucolic; artless, unsophisticated; unpolished, rude, backwoods. See unskillfulness. n. peasant, farmer, bumpkin, boor. See populace, agriculture. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 2rustic — adj 1. rural, farm, country, agrestic, agrarian, agricultural, agronomical, geoponic, georgic; pastoral, bucolic, bucolical, sylvan, Arcadian. 2. plain, simple, modest, unpretentious, unpretending, unassuming, unaffected, normal, informal;… …

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  • 3Bergamask — Bergamesca ( The Buffens ), Straloch MS., c. 1600[1]  Play …

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  • 4The Conversion of Saint Paul (Caravaggio) — Infobox Painting| title=The Conversion of Saint Paul artist=Caravaggio year=1600/1601 type=Oil on cypress wood height=237 city=Rome width=189 museum=Odescalchi Balbi Collection The Conversion of Saint Paul (or Conversion of Saul ), by the Italian …

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  • 5carle — n. Churl, clown, boor, lout, clumsy rustic, bumpkin …

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  • 6Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 7clown — {{11}}clown (n.) 1560s, also cloyne, rustic, boor, peasant, origin uncertain. Perhaps from Scandinavian dialect (Cf. Icelandic klunni clumsy, boorish fellow; Swed. kluns a hard knob, a clumsy fellow ), or akin to N.Fris. klönne clumsy person, or …

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  • 8ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 9yokel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rustic, peasant, countryman; hick, hayseed, rube, bumpkin, yahoo (all inf.). See populace. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rustic, bumpkin, hayseed*, hick*, hillbilly*; see also boor . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 10gawky — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. clumsy, ungainly, rustic, uncouth; see awkward 1 , rude 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. clumsy, ungainly, awkward, oafish, graceless, bumbling, bungling, cloddish, maladroit, uncoordinated. ANT.: coordinated,… …

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