Tuscan Definition

tŭskən
adjective
Of Tuscany or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the Tuscan order.
American Heritage
Designating or of a classical (Roman) order of architecture, distinguished by its smooth columns with a ringlike capital and no decoration.
Webster's New World
noun
A person born or living in Tuscany.
Webster's New World
The variety of Italian spoken in Tuscany, accepted as standard literary Italian.
Webster's New World
The standard literary form of Italian.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Tuscan

Noun

Singular:
Tuscan
Plural:
tuscans

Origin of Tuscan

  • Middle English from Latin Tuscānus Etruscan from Tuscus an Etruscan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tuscan Sentence Examples

  • These decrees were issued together with a pastoral letter of Bishop de' Ricci, and were warmly approved by the grand-duke, at whose instance a national synod of the Tuscan bishops met at Florence on the 23rd of April 1787.

  • In 1848 Montanelli served with the Tuscan student volunteers at the battle of Curtatone, where he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Austrians.

  • The "Tuscan name" is denounced in the comprehensive curse of Table VI.

  • The Savio is the only other stream of any importance which has always flowed directly into the Adriatic from this side of the Tuscan Apennines.

  • The Arno, which has its source in the Monte Falterona, one of the most elevated summits of the main chain of the Tuscan Apennines, flows nearly south till in the neighborhood of Arezzo it turns abruptly north-west, and pursues that course as far as Pontassieve, where it again makes a sudden bend to the west, and pursues a westerly course thence to the sea, passing through Florence and Pisa.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUS

Words Ending With

NANCAN

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Words Starting With T and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With N