semple

See also: Semple

English

Adjective

semple (comparative more semple, superlative most semple)

1. simple; low-born; of mean birth.
   • 1881, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, volume 4:

     […] he interprisit the ane new fassioun of delay, that, gif ony semple man had interprisit like, it had bene to the dangear and hasard of his lyff […]

Antonyms

• gentle

References

• Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).

French

Noun

semple m (plural semples)

1. a type of transfer used in weaving looms

Further reading

• “semple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Adjective

semple

1. Alternative form of symple