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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Tus•can (tus′kən),USA pronunciation adj. - Language Varieties, Place Namesof, pertaining to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
- Architecturenoting 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. See illus. under order. Cf. composite (def. 3), Corinthian (def. 2), Doric (def. 3), Ionic (def. 1).
n. - Language Varietiesthe standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Language Varietiesany Italian dialect of Tuscany.
- Place Names, Language Varietiesa native of Tuscany.
- Latin Tuscānus Etruscan, equivalent. to Tusc(ī) the Etruscans + -ānus -an
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Tuscan /ˈtʌskən/ adj - 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 decoration
n - 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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