tosco

From Latin Tuscus (“Tuscan”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos.ko/, [ˈt̪os̪ko]
• Rhymes: -osko
• Stress: tósco
• Hyphenation: to‧sco

tosco (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toschi, feminine plural tosche)

1. (archaic) Tuscan

tosco m (plural toschi)

1. (archaic) A person from or an inhabitant of Tuscany.
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Inferno [Hell]”, in La divina commedia [The Divine Comedy]‎, 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 […] »

• toscano

Borrowed from Albanian toskë (“Tosk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.ko/, [ˈt̪ɔs̪ko]
• Rhymes: -ɔsko
• Stress: tòsco
• Hyphenation: to‧sco

tosco (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toschi, feminine plural tosche)

1. (dated) Of or pertaining to the southern part of Albania.

tosco m

1. The Tosk variety of the Albanian language.

Poetic alteration of tossico (“poisonous substance”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.ko/, [ˈt̪ɔs̪ko]
• Rhymes: -ɔsko
• Stress: tòsco
• Hyphenation: to‧sco

tosco m (plural toschi)

1. (obsolete, poetic) poison, harmful substance

   Synonym: veleno

From Latin tŭscus (“Etruscan”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtos.ku̥]

tosco m (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas, comparable)

1. (of stone) unpolished

   Synonym: bruto

   Antonyms: lapidado, lavrado

2. (by extension, of an object) rough; raw; coarse; crude
3. (of a person) uncouth; rude
4. (slang) lame; boring

• (rough): see Thesaurus:grosseiro

From Vulgar Latin tuscus (“Etruscan”), from Latin Vicus Tuscus (the dwellers of Vicus Tuscus in Rome had a bad reputation).

tosco (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas)

1. crude
2. uncouth
3. coarse, rough

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