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See also: Semple
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
semple (comparative more semple, superlative most semple)
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
semple m (plural semples)
Further reading[edit]
- “semple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
semple
- Alternative form of symple