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Latest comment: 16 years ago by Hopiakuta in topic That is the current definition,...

Noun

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  1. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
    Hand me that tool, would you?
  2. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
    These are the tools of the trade.
  3. (computing) A software to develop softwares or hardwares.
    The software engineer had been developed lots of EDA tools.
  4. (slang) Penis.
  5. (slang) A person who uncritically supports and assists established authority. See sellout.
  6. (slang) By association, any contemptible, inadequate, or unpleasant person.
  7. (slang) A person who is used in relationships for reasons other than love.

That is the current definition,...

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Latest comment: 16 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

Each of the above seem[s] quite insufficient. Is there any etymology?

Is there any sense in this?:

  • The software engineer had been developed lots of EDA tools.

This is very offensive, & very much in need of etymology:

  • (slang) A complete idiot.

Thank You,

hopiakuta 16:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Reply


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hopiakuta 19:00, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

Wiktionary:Requests for verification - kept

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Kept. See archived discussion of January 2009. 07:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Etymology

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Having followed the given etymologies of Spanish TALAR and TALADRO, it is possible that the latter lexeme has a hybrid etymology[7] - mainly from {{inh|es|LL.|tarātrum}, but possibly influenced by Cornish tol (“hole”)[4] borrowed into Cornish from a substrate form[5]. However, there is no likelihood that the term for cutting down trees - TALAR - would have been borrowed from Proto-Germanic[1]; but much more likely to be derived from an Iberian substrate form[6], that may in turn be cognate with the root of all the Scandinavian similar terms ending in the "l" as well as TOOL in English[6]. All these forms could well have a similar hybrid etymology as with Latin tė̄lum (“distructive weapon”)[4][whose Latin etymology[1] is very dubious], if with nothing else. 6 March 2020 Andrew (talk)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods. '2' inserted in root words stands for a laryngeal to represent an 'a' that does not exist. √ means original or earliest root. Andrew H. Gray 14:41, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[[Andrew (talk)

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