of, relating to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
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
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
of or relating to Tuscany, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian
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 decorationSee also Ionic, composite (def. 4), Doric, Corinthian
noun
a native or inhabitant of Tuscany
any of the dialects of Italian spoken in Tuscany, esp the dialect of Florence: the standard form of Italian
late 14c., from Italian Toscano, from Late Latin Tuscanus "belonging to the Tusci," a race of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (cf. Etruscan).
