sympilte
See also: simplicité
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French simplete; equivalent to symple + -te. Some forms are remodelled on symple.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsympilte (uncountable)
- (rare) humbleness, modestness, pridelessness, reservedness
- (rare) stupidity, simplemindedness, unlearnedness
- (rare) simplicity; the state of being uncompounded.
- (rare) unguilt, truthfulness; being truthful.
Descendants
edit- English: simplety (obsolete)
References
edit- “simpletẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.