[tuhs-kuh
n] 
| 1. | of, pertaining 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). |
| 3. | the standard literary form of the Italian language. |
| 4. | any Italian dialect of Tuscany. |
| 5. | a native of Tuscany. |
| Tus·can (tŭs'kən) adj.
[Middle English, from Latin Tuscānus, Etruscan, from Tuscus, an Etruscan.] |