tuscan

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Tus=can

CIDE DICTIONARY

tuscan, a. [L. Tuscanus, Tuscus.].

 Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.  [1913 Webster]

tuscan, n. 

 A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tuscan, n. & adj.
--n.
1 an inhabitant of Tuscany in central Italy.
2 the classical Italian language of Tuscany.
--adj.
1 of or relating to Tuscany or the Tuscans.
2 Archit. denoting the least ornamented of the classical orders.

Idiom

Tuscan straw fine yellow wheat-straw used for hats etc.

Etymology

ME f. F f. L Tuscanus f. Tuscus Etruscan