/os"keuhn/ , n.
1. one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
2. the Indo-European, probably Italic, language of the Oscans, written in an alphabet derived from the Etruscan.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Oscans or their language.
[ 1590-1600; L Osc(i) the Oscans + -AN 1 ]