rustication

1. 1.

   the condition naturally attaching to life in the country

   Broadercondition
2. 2.

   the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner

   Broaderconstruction
3. 3.

   the action of retiring to and living in the country

   Broaderretirement
4. 4.

   temporary dismissal of a student from a university

   Broadersuspension

   United Kingdom

5. 5.

   banishment into the country

   Broaderbanishment

Other forms of rustication

plural

rustications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rustication

What does rustication mean?

rustication means "the condition naturally attaching to life in the country". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rustication?

rustication has 5 syllables: ru-sti-ca-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is rustication a common word?

rustication is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.