Tuscan

Meanings

1. Of, from or relating to Tuscany, Italy.
2. Belonging to the simplest of the five classical orders of architecture, being a Roman modification of the Doric style, with unfluted columns, and without triglyphs.

1. A native or inhabitant of Tuscany, Italy.
2. A local variety of Italian spoken in Tuscany, on which Standard Italian is largely based.

Etymology

From Middle English Tuscan, from Late Latin Tuscānus (“belonging to the Tusci”), a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”).