rusticated

Banished to countryside

Rusticated describes someone sent away from a city to live in the country, often as a form of exile or punishment.

At British universities, to be rusticated is to be temporarily suspended—sent home to the provinces.

In architecture, rusticated stonework has deeply recessed joints and rough-hewn surfaces, giving buildings a rugged, rural character: the rusticated base of the palazzo.

architecture

stone

Solid earth fragment

  • masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
  • facadeDeceptive outward appearance
  • textureSurface tactile quality

blocks · ashlar · cladding · coursework · rough-hewn · beveled · projecting · Renaissance · Florentine · palazzo

expulsion

banishment

Forced removal from place

suspended · debar · oust · eviction · removal · probation · misconduct · university · college · term

retreat

countryside

Rural area beyond towns

seclusion · solitude · retreat · withdrawn · secluded · manor · cottage · lodge · villa · estate

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academic standing

rusticatedenrolled

Formally registered as participant

matriculated · admitted · reinstated · in good standing · graduated

stone finish texture

rusticatedsmooth

Without roughness or difficulty

polished · ashlar · dressed · finished · refined

urban-rural lifestyle

rusticatedurbanized

Made metropolitan

citified · metropolitanized · cosmopolitan · urbane · metropolitan

Family

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