Tuscan

[ tuhs-kuhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
2. Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders: developed in Rome, it is basically a simplified Roman Doric, with unfluted columns and with no decoration other than moldings. Compare composite ( def 3 ), Corinthian ( def 2 ), Doric ( def 3 ), Ionic ( def 1 ).

noun

1. the standard literary form of the Italian language.
2. any Italian dialect of Tuscany.
3. a native of Tuscany.

Tuscan

/ ˈtʌskən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Tuscany, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian
2. See composite, Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
   of, denoting, or relating to one of the five classical orders of architecture: characterized by a column with an unfluted shaft and a capital and base with mouldings but no decoration See also Ionic composite Doric Corinthian

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tuscany
2. any of the dialects of Italian spoken in Tuscany, esp the dialect of Florence: the standard form of Italian

Other Words From

• non-Tuscan adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tuscan¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Tuscānus Etruscan, equivalent to Tusc ( ī ) the Etruscans + -ānus -an

Example Sentences

“Expansion favors everyone,” added the 79-year-old Tuscan, who started off as a bookkeeper in a marble firm in 1955.

From The Daily Beast

Newton shot the photos in Monte Carlo—where he lived—and the Tuscan countryside.

From The Daily Beast

His latest Robert Langdon bestseller has tourists flocking to the Tuscan capital as recession grips Italy.

From The Daily Beast

Then, in 2010, bones thought to be his were found in a seaside church grave in Porto Ercole on the Tuscan coast.

From The Daily Beast

We were going to do a book called The Tuscan Cookbook for the Pregnant Male.

From The Daily Beast

As they strolled through the rooms he noticed no less than three likenesses of the Tuscan.

From Project Gutenberg

Very much, indeed, said the Tuscan, with the air of a man who had answered the question before.

From Project Gutenberg

Heres wishing health and happiness to the dreamy-eyed Tuscan beauty, whom you love and who loves you.

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The Tuscan people set great store by the possession of this relic, and have engraved a representation of it upon their coins.

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Other towns followed the example of Rimini, and emigrants from the Tuscan dominions united with the insurgents.

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