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tuscan
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Word definitions for tuscan in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tuscan \Tus"can\, n. A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Italian Toscano , from Late Latin Tuscanus "belonging to the Tusci," a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus , earlier *Truscus , shortened form of Etruscus (see Etruscan ).
Usage examples of tuscan.
Clemens of Alexandria says that the Cabiri taught the Tuscans to revere it.
Etruscan from left to right, as if he were Roman, or Tuscan, rather than in the traditional Etruscan direction.
Tuscan vocabulary, was the name of an actor, who did not, as formerly, throw out alternately artless and unpolished verses like the Fescennine at random, but represented medleys complete with metre, the music being regularly adjusted for the musician, and with appropriate gesticulation.
For the palaces that still remain from that period are virtually fortresses and the eternal fights between Guelphs and Ghibellines had familiarised the Tuscan people with street warfare.
Tuscan Club, has established a favorable reputation for its Italian varietals such as muscat canelli, sangiovese, and nebbiolo.
A Tuscan has certainly more poetic riches at his disposal than any other Italian, and the Siennese dialect is sweeter and more energetic than that of Florence, though the latter claims the title of the classic dialect, on account of its purity.
Betty spoke Tuscan with English idioms and an English accent, but her voice was so silvery and clear that her Italian was delightful to listen to.
This man was the secretary of the Inquisitors, the prudent Dominic Cavalli, who was apparently ashamed to speak Venetian in my presence as he pronounced my doom in the Tuscan language.
We then crossed one room, and entered another, where sat an individual in the dress of a noble, who, after looking fixedly at me, said, "E quello, mettetelo in deposito:" This man was the secretary of the Inquisitors, the prudent Dominic Cavalli, who was apparently ashamed to speak Venetian in my presence as he pronounced my doom in the Tuscan language.
In the harmony of his Tuscan rhymes, Italy applauds, or rather adores, the father of her lyric poetry.
In the harmony of his Tuscan rhymes, Italy applauds, or rather adores, the father of her lyric poetry.
The art of magic, as it was more cruelly punished, was more strictly proscribed: but the emperor admitted a formal distinction to protect the ancient methods of divination, which were approved by the senate, and exercised by the Tuscan haruspices.
The art of magic, as it was more cruelly punished, was more strictly proscribed: but the emperor admitted a formal distinction to protect the ancient methods of divination, which were approved by the senate, and exercised by the Tuscan haruspices.
The carminative virtues of burgundy, of rum, of old brandy, of Lacryma Christi, of Marsala, of Aleatico, of stout, of gin, of champagne, of claret, of the raw new wine of this year's Tuscan vintage—I compared them, I classified them.
He bought a sketchpad at the Stationer’s and made studies of architectural details: the Tuscan pilasters, the caissons of the arched vault, the fine mouldings (stone, not stucco), the gigantic festooned bucranium surmounting the door–and the three cameras mounted high on the cornice 10ft below the base of the vault and 50ft above the floor, inaccessible.