symplesse
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See also: simplicité
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French simplesse, simplesce.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
symplesse (uncountable)
- honesty, truthfulness; the respect of truth.
- humbleness, egolessness, pridelessness, reservedness
- stupidity, simplemindedness, unlearnedness
- (rare) The quality of being of low station or of a low social standing.
- (rare) guiltlessness, unguilt; the state of being innocent or free of responsibility.
- (rare) poorness, miserliness
- (rare) simplicity; the state of being uncompounded.
Descendants[edit]
- English: simplesse (obsolete)
References[edit]
- “simplesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.