tout court
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Borrowed from French tout court.
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tout court (not comparable)
- Just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, Baa Baa, Black Sheep:
- Harry was ‘Master Harry’ in their mouths; Judy was officially ‘Miss Judy’; but Black Sheep was never anything more than Black Sheep tout court.
- 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 21:
- People did not bow down and worship a rock tout court; the rock was simply a focus that directed their attention to the mysterious essence of life.
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French tout court.
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tout court
- tout court
- 2020 September 13, Federico Rampini, “"Votiamo chi dà lavoro". Nelle fabbriche Usa con gli ultimi indecisi [We vote for who will give work". In US factories with the last undecided [voters]]”, in la Repubblica[1]:
- I due colleghi Brian e Nelson sono d'accordo sulla posta in gioco: l'economia, la ripresa, il lavoro e la sicurezza del salario, ma anche la sicurezza tout court.
- The two colleagues Brian and Nelson agree on the stakes: the economy, the recovery, work and wage security, but also security tout court.