/tus"keuhn/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
2. Archit. 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. See illus. under order . Cf. composite (def. 3), Corinthian (def. 2), Doric (def. 3), Ionic (def. 1).
n.
3. the standard literary form of the Italian language.
4. any Italian dialect of Tuscany.
5. a native of Tuscany.
[ 1350-1400; ME Tuscanus Etruscan, equiv. to Tusc ( i ) the Etruscans + -anus -AN ]