Tuscan
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
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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.
adjective
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of or relating to Tuscany, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian
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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
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a native or inhabitant of Tuscany
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any of the dialects of Italian spoken in Tuscany, esp the dialect of Florence: the standard form of Italian
Other Word Forms
- non-Tuscan adjective
Etymology
Origin of Tuscan
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Tuscānus Etruscan, equivalent to Tusc ( ī ) the Etruscans + -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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This heavy defeat came after a dream start in the Tuscan side's first match against Inter at the San Siro since October 1990.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
“The very best in the classic way, from the Tuscan villages of northern Italy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Underwater and forsaken, American homeowners watched as their earth-toned Tuscan kitchens and quirky bits of ornament made their homes slow to move in a glutted market.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025
“It’s sobering, you know? Sixty-eight now seems young,” Howland said between bites of a Tuscan chicken sandwich inside the Luskin Center on the campus that once served as his basketball home.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025
If you had walked through the pleasant Tuscan countryside in the 1890’s, you might have come upon a somewhat long-haired teenage high school dropout on the road to Pavia.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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