symplesse
See also: simplicité
Middle English
Alternative forms
- simplesse, sympless, simplesce
Etymology
From Old French simplesse, simplesce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simpˈlɛs(ə)/
Noun
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
- English: simplesse (obsolete)
References
- “simplesse (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.