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† simˈplician Obs.
Also simplitian, -sian.
[f. simple a. or L. simplic-, simplex: see -ician.]
A simple or ignorant fellow; a simpleton. (Common c 1600–1650.)
1600–9Rowlands Knaue of Clubbes (Hunterian Club) 37 My aprehension did Ingenious-scan, That he was meerely a Simplitian. 1616R. C. Time's Whistle (1871) 148 Be he a foole in the esteeme of man, In worldly thinges a meer simplician. 1662Hibbert Body of Divinity i. 152 These simplicians are much better than scorners. |