simplicite

See also: simplicité

Middle English

Alternative forms

• symplicite

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French simplicite, borrowed itself from Latin simplicitās, simplicitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simplisiˈteː/

Noun

simplicite (uncountable)

1. The nature of being made of one part or being simplex.
2. (rare) Unmixedness, pureness.
3. (rare) humbleness, mildness
4. (rare) stupidity, dumbness, unlearnedness
5. (rare) simplicity, perfunctoriness

Descendants

• English: simplicity
• Scots: simplicitie

References

• “simplicitẹ̄ (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.