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Tuscan

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Tus·can  (tskn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Tuscany, its people, or their language.
2. Architecture Of or relating to the Tuscan order.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
2.
a. Any of the dialects of Italian spoken in Tuscany.
b. The standard literary form of Italian.

[Middle English, from Latin Tuscnus, Etruscan, from Tuscus, an Etruscan.]

Tuscan [ˈtʌskən]
adj
1. (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to Tuscany, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) 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 See also Ionic, Composite, Doric, Corinthian
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Tuscany
2. (Linguistics / Languages) any of the dialects of Italian spoken in Tuscany, esp the dialect of Florence: the standard form of Italian
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.TuscanTuscan - a resident of Tuscany                
Toscana, Tuscany - a region in central Italy
Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
2.TuscanTuscan - a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence)
Italian - the Romance language spoken in Italy
Adj.1.TuscanTuscan - of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its people
Translations
Tuscan [ˈtʌskən]
A. ADJtoscano
B. N
1. (= person) → toscano/a m/f
2. (Ling) → toscano m
Tuscan
adjtoskanisch
n
Toskaner(in) m(f)
(Ling) → Toskanisch nt
Tuscan [ˈtʌskən]
1. adjtoscano/a
2. n (person) → toscano/a; (dialect) → toscano

Tuscan [ˈtʌskən]
1. adjtoscano/a
2. n (person) → toscano/a; (dialect) → toscano


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"In my judgment, the figure," said the Critic, "is tolerably good, though rather Etrurian, but the expression of the face is decidedly Tuscan, and therefore false to nature.
I recall nothing read in that year in Europe which moved me, and I think I read very little, except the local histories of the Tuscan cities which I afterwards wrote of.
I could distinguish the arches springing capriciously from natural pillars, standing broad upon their granite base, like the heavy columns of Tuscan architecture.
 
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