ˈäskən, ˈȯs- noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Latin Osc us Oscan + English -an
1. : one of a people of ancient Italy occupying Campania
2. : the language of the Oscan people and originally of the Samnites preserved in inscriptions of various kinds written in an alphabet of Etruscan origin — compare samnite , osco-umbrian