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Etruscan, a. and n.|iːˈtrʌskən|
Also 8 Hetruscan.
[f. L. etrusc-us + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Of or belonging to ancient Etruria or its people; absol. the language of the Etruscans (in quot. 1817 jocularly used for ‘Tuscan’).
1706Hearne Collect. 14 Dec. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) I. 312 The Hetruscan inscription. 1773Ld. Monboddo Lang. (1774) I. iii. xii. 580 The Latin and Hetruscan. 1817Byron Beppo xxxi, For few Italians speak the right Etruscan. 1882Ouida Maremma I. 17 His name was the old Etruscan name.
2. Designating encaustic pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his followers in imitation of ancient pottery discovered in Etruria. Also ellipt. as n., a vase of this kind.
1768J. Wedgwood Let. 21 Nov. (1965) 69 Mr Cox is as mad as a march Hare for Etruscan Vases. 1769Ibid. 6 Feb. 70 Three vases, one of them the large blue.., the other two Etruscans at a Guinea each. 1875E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 264 The body used for the larger portion of the Etruscan painted vases was basaltes. 1957Mankowitz & Haggar Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 233/2 The first day's production consisted of six Etruscan ware vases.
3. Designating a style of decorative bookbinding (see quots.).
1835‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia ii. 98 Etruscan. This style is, where, instead of covering with gold, the book is ornamented with gothic or arabesque compartments, or imitations of Greek borders and Etruscan vases, in their proper colours. Ibid. 210 Etruscan style of binding. 1893S. T. Prideaux Hist. Sketch Bkbinding i. 134 John Whitaker initiated the style termed Etruscan, in which designs from the decoration of Etruscan vases were copied in colours. 1907C. Davenport Book viii. 201 Such books are known as ‘Etruscan’, because many of the designs are of classical feeling.
B. n. One belonging to the Etruscan nation.
1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 44 The Etruscans, a separate race, whose origin is still quite uncertain. |
