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)

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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