tosco
See also: Tosco
Italian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
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Noun
tosco m (plural toschi)
- (archaic) A person from or an inhabitant of Tuscany.
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Inferno [Hell]”, in La divina commedia [The Divine Comedy][1], 1st edition, Foligno: Printed by Johannes Numeister and Evangelista Mei, published 1472, Canto X, lines 22-23:
- O toſco che per la cipta del foco ¶ uiuo ten uai coſi parlando honeſto […]
- «O Tuscan, thou who through the city of fire ¶ goest alive, thus speaking modestly […] »
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Albanian toskë (“Tosk”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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Proper noun
tosco m
Etymology 3
Poetic alteration of tossico (“poisonous substance”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tosco m (plural toschi)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin tŭscus (“Etruscan”), in the context of Vicus Tuscus in Rome, whose inhabitants had a bad reputation.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (of stone) unpolished
- (by extension, of an object) rough; raw; coarse; crude
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
- (of a person) uncouth; rude
- (slang) lame; boring
Derived terms
Further reading
- Template:R:Priberam
- “tosco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tuscus (“Etruscan”), from Vicus Tuscus (the dwellers of Vicus Tuscus in Rome had a bad reputation).
Adjective
tosco (feminine tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas)
Derived terms
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