symplesse
See also: simplicité
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French simplesse, simplesce.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsymplesse (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
edit- English: simplesse (obsolete)
References
edit- “simplesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.