Tuscan
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
2.
Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders: developed in Rome, it is basically a simplified Roman Doric, with unfluted columns and with no decoration other than moldings.
Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Ionic (def 1).
noun
3.
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
4.
any Italian dialect of Tuscany.
5.
a native of Tuscany.
adjective
1.
of or relating to Tuscany, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian
2.
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 (sense 4), Doric, Corinthian
noun
3.
a native or inhabitant of Tuscany
4.
any of the dialects of Italian spoken in Tuscany, esp the dialect of Florence: the standard form of Italian
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