Tuscan
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A native or inhabitant of Tuscany, Italy. countable, uncountable
- 2 a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence) wordnet
- 3 A local variety of Italian spoken in Tuscany, on which Standard Italian is largely based. countable, uncountable
- 4 a resident of Tuscany wordnet
- 1 Of, from or relating to Tuscany, Italy. not-comparable
- 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. not-comparable
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its people wordnet
Example
More examples"Therefore, putting on one side imaginary things concerning a prince, and discussing those which are real, I say that all men when they are spoken of, and chiefly princes for being more highly placed, are remarkable for some of those qualities which bring them either blame or praise; and thus it is that one is reputed liberal, another miserly, using a Tuscan term (because an avaricious person in our language is still he who desires to possess by robbery, whilst we call one miserly who deprives himself too much of the use of his own); one is reputed generous, one rapacious; one cruel, one compassionate; one faithless, another faithful; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and brave; one affable, another haughty; one lascivious, another chaste; one sincere, another cunning; one hard, another easy; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another unbelieving, and the like."
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”).
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