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Tuscanize en · VERB

Etymology

From Tuscan + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make Tuscan.
   • Corsica was heavily tuscanized in the Middle Ages, during which native vocabulary may have been lost. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 520:
   • Bembo's arguments were persuasive, and several writers of the age decided to ‘Tuscanize’ their work. 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 31:

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Tuscanization