surrusticus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sur-rustĭcus (subr-), a, um, adj.,

somewhat clownish or rustic : sonare subagreste quiddam planeque surrusticum, Cic. Brut. 74, 259; id. Or. 48, 161: pudor quidam paene surrusticus, id. Fam. 5, 12, 1.— * Adv.: surrustĭcē , somewhat clownishly , Gell. praef. § 10.

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