a. and sb. Also 8 Hetruscan. [f. L. etrusc-us + -AN.] A. adj. Of or belonging to ancient Etruria or its people; absol. the language of the Etruscans (in quot. 1817 jocularly used for ‘Tuscan’). B. sb. One belonging to the Etruscan nation.
1706. Hearne, Collect., 14 Dec. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), I. 312. The Hetruscan inscription.
1773. Monboddo, Language (1774), I. III. xii. 580. The Latin and Hetruscan.
1817. Byron, Beppo, xxxi. For few Italians speak the right Etruscan.
1841. W. Spalding, Italy & It. Isl., I. 44. The Etruscans, a separate race, whose origin is still quite uncertain.
1882. ‘Ouida,’ Maremma, I. 17. His name was the old Etruscan name.
