Tuscan

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants.
• 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.

Noun

• a person from or inhabitant of Tuscany
• a local variety of Italian spoken in Tuscany

Origin

• 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.