Tuscan

[tuhs-kuh n]

adjective

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.

any Italian dialect of Tuscany.

a native of Tuscany.

Origin of Tuscan

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

Related formsnon-Tus·can, adjective, noun

Can be confusedTexan Tucson Tuscan

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Examples from the Web for tuscan

“Expansion favors everyone,” added the 79-year-old Tuscan, who started off as a bookkeeper in a marble firm in 1955.
Mosque-Building Bin Ladens Buy Marble Once Used for Churches|Tom Kington|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Newton shot the photos in Monte Carlo—where he lived—and the Tuscan countryside.
Michelle Obama's Biggest Fashion Regret; LVMH Launches Contest for Emerging Designers|The Fashion Beast Team|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His latest Robert Langdon bestseller has tourists flocking to the Tuscan capital as recession grips Italy.
Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ Sparks Dante Fever in Florence|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then, in 2010, bones thought to be his were found in a seaside church grave in Porto Ercole on the Tuscan coast.
Vincenzo Pacelli Says Knights of Malta Murdered Artist Caravaggio|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

We were going to do a book called The Tuscan Cookbook for the Pregnant Male.
Extra Virgin: The Sauciest Show on TV|Marlow Stern|April 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Indian red and Tuscan red, of shades suited to the shades of the wine color afford excellent ground colors.
Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting|Mayton Clarence Hillick
Castiglione did not bind himself to the manner of the Tuscan speech.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII|Various
His forces amounted to 80,000 men, including a Lombard corps and some Roman, Tuscan and other volunteers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1|Various
From all of which Ba draws this 'conclusion' that these may be worse things than Bartoli's Tuscan to cover a page with!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
The orangery is a beautiful specimen of tuscan architecture, designed by le Maitre, and finished by Mansart.
The Stranger in France|John Carr

British Dictionary definitions for tuscan

Tuscan

adjective

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

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Word Origin and History for tuscan

Tuscan

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).