simplicite
See also: simplicité
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French simplicite, borrowed itself from Latin simplicitās, simplicitātem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simplisiˈteː/
Noun
simplicite (uncountable)
- The nature of being made of one part or being simplex.
- (rare) Unmixedness, pureness.
- (rare) humbleness, mildness
- (rare) stupidity, dumbness, unlearnedness
- (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.
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