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Tuscan Definition


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Tuscan
adj
    1. Belonging or relating to Tuscany, the region around Florence in central Italy, or to its inhabitants or their language.
    2. archit.
      , denoting the simplest of the five orders of classical architecture, similar to Doric but with the shaft of the column unfluted and minimal decoration on the capital and entablature. See also Corinthian, Ionic, Composite.
noun
    1. A citizen or inhabitant of, or someone born in, Tuscany.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin Tuscanus belonging to the Tusci, the Etruscans.



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