TUSCAN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English Toscayne, ultimately from Medieval Latin ~us ~, Etruscan, from Latin Tusci Etruscans Date: circa 1509 a native or inhabitant of ~y, 2. the Italian language as spoken in ~y, the standard literary dialect of Italian, II. adjective Date: 1563 of or relating to one of the five classical orders of architecture that is of Roman origin and plain in style, of, relating to, or characteristic of ~y, the ~s, or ~