simplenessn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪmplnəs/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmpəlnəs/

Forms: see simple adj., n., adv., and int. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simple adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < simple adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier simplesse n., simplety n. Compare also simplicity n.

Now much less common than simplicity n., which shows a similar range of meanings.

1. Absence of deceitfulness or duplicity; innocence, guilelessness; honesty, integrity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence

simplesse1372

simplenessa1382

innocencec1385

simplicitya1500

innocencya1513

ingenuousness1611

plain-heartedness1647

artlessness1663

naivety1708

naïveté1725

acacy1727

simple-heartedness1822

simple-mindedness1827

naiveness1854

onefoldness1887

authenticity1910

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xx. 5 In symplenes [L. simplicitate] of my herte, & clennes of my hondes: I dyde þis.

c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 87 (MED) Not only Jhesu..Bodiliche him byheold in fas, Bote wiþ-inne-forþ bi þe miht Of his Godhede..he saiȝ þe sympelnes and þe quert þat was in þat monnes hert, þe heiȝnes of his soule also.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 85 Þe folk..wirschepez þe ox, in steed of Godd, for þe sympilnes and þe gudeness þat commez of him.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiii^v The next vertue in order, is simplycite or simplenesse, the contrary to doublenes.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 71 This byrde is the messenger of peace, ensample of simplenesse.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 63 You euer did possesse No wisedome, but was mixt with simplenesse; So, wanting malice.

1667 E. Warren No Præexistence iii. 25 Persons eminent for their exemplary simpleness and integrity.

1838 Blackburn Standard 6 June He, in the simpleness of his heart, readily advanced the prisoner two pounds.

1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 280 So much truth and simpleness entered into his heart.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Jan. 78/2 Never anything can come amiss if simpleness..will tender it.

1967 Theoria 29 10 He is unable to perceive Cordelia's simpleness and honesty.

2009 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise (Nexis) 19 Feb. She has a childlike naivete and a simpleness about her.

a. Lack of knowledge, education, or intellectual sophistication; absence of common sense; ignorance; foolishness. Sometimes also: cognitive impairment, mental disability (now potentially offensive).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun]

unwisdomc825

nutelnessa1200

ignorance?c1225

uncunningc1290

uncunnessa1300

unwittingnessa1300

unknowledging1357

lewdness1362

unsciencec1374

mislearninga1382

simplenessa1382

unknowinga1382

ignorancec1384

unwittingc1384

simplessec1391

rudenessc1400

unweeting14..

lewdhead1401

misknowing?a1425

simplicityc1450

unknowledge1470

discognisancec1475

unknowingness1486

non-knowledge1503

ignorancy1526

simplehead1543

unlearnedness1555

ignoration1563

rusticity1571

ignorantness1574

ignoring1578

inscience1578

ignoramus1583

ingramness1589

lack-learning1590

idiotism1598

ignoramus1598

idiocy1605

nesciencea1625

nescio1637

inerudition1685

unawareness1847

agnosia1879

moronism1922

cluelessness1960

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun]

simplenessa1382

innocencec1385

simplessec1391

simplicityc1450

innocencya1513

simplehead1543

greenness1548

insipidity1603

seeliness1642

niaiserie1657

silliness1736

simpletonism1825

simple-mindedness1827

simpletonianism1848

noodleness1931

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. l. 171 I will not þat þou be offendid in holy scriptureȝ þoru symplenes.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 369 Aldredus, þat hopede to blende his..robborie by þe sympilnesse of Wolston.

1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 31 (MED) Yf aughte be by me otherwyse than aughte to be done..hit is but for defaute of connyng, sympelnesse, and lewdenesse of myself.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. xiii. 8 Bewarre, that thou be not disceaued and brought downe in thy symplenesse.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iv. f. 104^v Their sympelnes is suche that they nother feared the multitude or poure of owre men.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 72 That by her promises..she gull not my simplenesse.

1668 M. Casaubon Of Credulity & Incred. (1670) 185 Our Author doth declaim against the simpleness, and credulity of ordinary people.

1742 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist 32 He who knoweth my Simpleness teach me his Way, and give me a right Judgment in all Things!

1822 London Mag. Feb. 110/1 The simpleness, almost approaching to fatuity, of his outward deportment.

1894 Voice (N.Y.) 29 Nov. 7/3 Such were the men who, in vapid simpleness, caught at the impertinent refrain of some doggerel song.

1922 H. Kemp Tramping on Life 201 We thought he had got lost, or had walked into a pond, in his simpleness, and drowned.

2016 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 11 Mar. 12 They were dismissed for alleged simpleness of mind.

†b. Foolish conduct or behaviour; (as a count noun) a foolish act or thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour

ribaldyc1330

niceheada1475

simpleness?a1475

foolery1562

motley1575

foolationa1635

simples1637

nonsense1678

follying1818

boobery1829

spoonism1839

moonraking1846

lallygagging1868

bohunkus1918

twattery?1979

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 451 He wolde avoide from his servyce his cownsellours whiche movede hym unto that symplenesse.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 194 My lordes, grete symplenes it is to you thus to traueylle your peuple for nought.

1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 43 Hyt ys but a Symplenesse for us to thyncke to kepe possessions in Fraunce.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 77 Run to my studie..Gods will What simplenes is this?

1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 199 Even theirs, who thinke Sanctitie a simplenesse, Devotion a dulnesse, and thy Feare a folly.

3. The fact or quality of having a simple form, composition, etc.; lack of complexity or intricacy. Hence more generally: the fact or quality of being straightforward to do or use; lack of difficulty, easiness.In early use sometimes: spec. unitary or indivisible nature; cf. simple adj. 12b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > absence of complexity

simplenessa1398

simplesse?c1400

plainness1669

incomplexity1778

simplism1840

elementariness1862

the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun]

purenessa1398

simplenessa1398

simplicitya1398

simplesse?c1400

sincerity1546

purity1553

incompoundness1600

unmixedness1612

immixtness1646

immixture1648

uncompoundedness1649

meracity1656

incommixturea1682

singleness1695

simplexity1817

sheerness1903

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. i. 131 For þe simplenesse [1495 de Worde symplynes] of a boistous þing is sotilnesse.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxvi. 1355 For sympilnes oon is nouȝt ydeled ne yparted.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 113^v in Middle Eng. Dict. at Simplenes(se Þe fire be cause of his simpelnesse he inpresseþ no more but certeine mesure ȝif þat a surgene wirche þerwiþ discretelie.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) Prol. sig. a.ii ^v Prechours of the symplenes of the gospell.

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 83 The Ancient simplenesse of Musicke.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. xii. 317 The simplenesse, and puritie of that shepheardish originall continued.

1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 79 That the Cure will be easie..may be foretold from the Figure, Simpleness, Composition, and Time of the Fracture.

1790 Calcutta Chron. 11 Feb. Camp Tables, which, from the Strength and Simpleness of construction are not liable to get out of order.

1828 C. Lamb Child Angel in Elia 2nd Ser. 159 O the inexplicable simpleness of dreams!

1882 Nature 16 Nov. 51/1 From a simpleness in structure to a wonderful differentiation thereof.

1909 Manch. Guardian 20 Dec. 3/1 Although the netting of the ball was simpleness itself,..it was the best goal of the three.

1973 Billboard 7 July 55/1 The simpleness of the song is matched by the simpleness of the arrangement.

2016 Standard (Warrnambool, Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Oct. I think I was almost surprised by the simpleness of the questions... The exam was quite straightforward.

4. Lack of affectation or pretension; modest or unassuming nature or behaviour, humility; (in early use also) meekness, gentleness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun]

simplesse1340

methec1390

simplenessc1400

demurity1483

demureness?1518

modestness1546

modesty1553

unaspiringness1681

unpretendingness1701

unassumingness1768

unostentatiousness1807

unpresumingness1837

unpretentiousness1855

unassertiveness1934

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 909 Now, hynde, þat sympelnesse coneȝ enclose, I wolde þe aske a þynge expresse.

c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 131 Norweies forsakyng þair kyng seint Olavum for his sympelnes [?a1475 anon. tr. mekenesse], brouȝte yn kyng Kanut.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 59 The mayster of mekenes and louer of sympilnesse.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxvii^v So moche were they gyuen to symplenes And other vertues chefe and pryncipall.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiii. f. clxxvii The behaueour of his body, shewed all tokens of humilitie and symplenesse.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 83 Neuer any thing Can be amisse, when simplenesse and duety tender it.

1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus i. iv. 20 They..must imitate Her unaffected simpleness.

1866 J. Ingelow Poems 194 In his reverend face There was a simpleness we could not sound.

1869 A. D. Whitney Hitherto ix So rich and beautiful that it made me afraid; but for Allard's kindness and Mrs. Cope's simpleness.

1920 J. Collins Idling in Italy ix. 170 These two massive volumes to testify to the kindness, gentleness, simpleness, and humility of Samuel Butler.

1967 Ebony Oct. 48/1 ‘I don't feel very different,’ she states with a quiet simpleness that belies her ebullience in song.

2013 Philippines News Agency (Nexis) 21 Mar. The lowness of his monument speaks highly of Robredo's humility, simpleness and his standards in applying the principle of equality.

†5. Insignificance; negligible value. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > little importance or triviality

simpleness1440

toyousness1581

triflingnessa1586

triviality1598

pusillage1610

inconsiderableness1646

shrimpishness1651

unsignificancy1659

trivialnessa1687

no great things1776

cobwebbery1837

mereness1909

picayunity1948

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 456 Sympylnesse, or lytylle of valew, exilitas.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. to King p. iv The symplenesse of my poore labours in that behalfe.

1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome Ded. sig. C1^v Most humblie beseeching you to beare with the simplenesse thereof.

1584 J. Pett Great Cicle Easter To Rdr. sig. A.iii^v Partly discouraged as wel through the simplenes of the worke.

6. The fact or quality of living modestly, plainly, or frugally; poverty; absence or renunciation of luxury. Also as a characteristic of clothing, food, etc.: plainness, frugality; lack of luxuriousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > condition of being poor

simplessea1393

simplenessc1440

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun]

simplessea1393

roughnessa1398

rudenessc1405

unrefinedness1607

simpleness1648

unpolishedness1652

unpoliteness1700

sordidness1704

ungenteelness1706

indelicacy1712

unrefinement1769

ungentility1822

unprinceliness1855

outbackery1961

c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 73 (MED) If þou come for to feght wit vs, feghte on. For..oure symplenes will we on na wyse lefe.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4051 Quen he þaire simpilnes sees, he soroȝes in his hert, Pleynes of þaire pouerte.

a1563 J. Bale Brefe Comedy Iohan Baptystes in Harleian Misc. (1744) I. 113 Soch autoryte, As thy grace hath geuen, to my poore symplenesse.

1617 W. Stanney Treat. Penance 237 Concerning the meanesse and simplenes of the cloath, it may be dispensed withal.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. cliv. 326 Reverend John array'd in simplenes, All humane off-spring nobly did excell.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Whatsoever things they are in which this present Age doth differ from the rude simplenesse of Antiquity.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. v. 122 Simpleness of diet was prescribed to them, roots, pottage, gruels.

1873 W. Morris Love is Enough 86 He is poor, and shall scorn not our simpleness surely.

2010 G. Morgan Shaping Eng. Poetry vi. 114 We may certainly expect to find the discipline of monastic life to be reflected in simpleness of dress and frugality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	simpleness
释义	simplenessn. Brit. /ˈsɪmplnəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪmpəlnəs/ Forms: see simple adj., n., adv., and int. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simple adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < simple adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier simplesse n., simplety n. Compare also simplicity n. Now much less common than simplicity n., which shows a similar range of meanings. 1. Absence of deceitfulness or duplicity; innocence, guilelessness; honesty, integrity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence simplesse1372 simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplicitya1500 innocencya1513 ingenuousness1611 plain-heartedness1647 artlessness1663 naivety1708 naïveté1725 acacy1727 simple-heartedness1822 simple-mindedness1827 naiveness1854 onefoldness1887 authenticity1910 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xx. 5 In symplenes [L. simplicitate] of my herte, & clennes of my hondes: I dyde þis. c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 87 (MED) Not only Jhesu..Bodiliche him byheold in fas, Bote wiþ-inne-forþ bi þe miht Of his Godhede..he saiȝ þe sympelnes and þe quert þat was in þat monnes hert, þe heiȝnes of his soule also. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 85 Þe folk..wirschepez þe ox, in steed of Godd, for þe sympilnes and þe gudeness þat commez of him. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiii^v The next vertue in order, is simplycite or simplenesse, the contrary to doublenes. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 71 This byrde is the messenger of peace, ensample of simplenesse. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 63 You euer did possesse No wisedome, but was mixt with simplenesse; So, wanting malice. 1667 E. Warren No Præexistence iii. 25 Persons eminent for their exemplary simpleness and integrity. 1838 Blackburn Standard 6 June He, in the simpleness of his heart, readily advanced the prisoner two pounds. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 280 So much truth and simpleness entered into his heart. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Jan. 78/2 Never anything can come amiss if simpleness..will tender it. 1967 Theoria 29 10 He is unable to perceive Cordelia's simpleness and honesty. 2009 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise (Nexis) 19 Feb. She has a childlike naivete and a simpleness about her. 2. a. Lack of knowledge, education, or intellectual sophistication; absence of common sense; ignorance; foolishness. Sometimes also: cognitive impairment, mental disability (now potentially offensive). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] unwisdomc825 nutelnessa1200 ignorance?c1225 uncunningc1290 uncunnessa1300 unwittingnessa1300 unknowledging1357 lewdness1362 unsciencec1374 mislearninga1382 simplenessa1382 unknowinga1382 ignorancec1384 unwittingc1384 simplessec1391 rudenessc1400 unweeting14.. lewdhead1401 misknowing?a1425 simplicityc1450 unknowledge1470 discognisancec1475 unknowingness1486 non-knowledge1503 ignorancy1526 simplehead1543 unlearnedness1555 ignoration1563 rusticity1571 ignorantness1574 ignoring1578 inscience1578 ignoramus1583 ingramness1589 lack-learning1590 idiotism1598 ignoramus1598 idiocy1605 nesciencea1625 nescio1637 inerudition1685 unawareness1847 agnosia1879 moronism1922 cluelessness1960 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun] simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplessec1391 simplicityc1450 innocencya1513 simplehead1543 greenness1548 insipidity1603 seeliness1642 niaiserie1657 silliness1736 simpletonism1825 simple-mindedness1827 simpletonianism1848 noodleness1931 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. l. 171 I will not þat þou be offendid in holy scriptureȝ þoru symplenes. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 369 Aldredus, þat hopede to blende his..robborie by þe sympilnesse of Wolston. 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 31 (MED) Yf aughte be by me otherwyse than aughte to be done..hit is but for defaute of connyng, sympelnesse, and lewdenesse of myself. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. xiii. 8 Bewarre, that thou be not disceaued and brought downe in thy symplenesse. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iv. f. 104^v Their sympelnes is suche that they nother feared the multitude or poure of owre men. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 72 That by her promises..she gull not my simplenesse. 1668 M. Casaubon Of Credulity & Incred. (1670) 185 Our Author doth declaim against the simpleness, and credulity of ordinary people. 1742 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist 32 He who knoweth my Simpleness teach me his Way, and give me a right Judgment in all Things! 1822 London Mag. Feb. 110/1 The simpleness, almost approaching to fatuity, of his outward deportment. 1894 Voice (N.Y.) 29 Nov. 7/3 Such were the men who, in vapid simpleness, caught at the impertinent refrain of some doggerel song. 1922 H. Kemp Tramping on Life 201 We thought he had got lost, or had walked into a pond, in his simpleness, and drowned. 2016 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 11 Mar. 12 They were dismissed for alleged simpleness of mind. †b. Foolish conduct or behaviour; (as a count noun) a foolish act or thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour ribaldyc1330 niceheada1475 simpleness?a1475 foolery1562 motley1575 foolationa1635 simples1637 nonsense1678 follying1818 boobery1829 spoonism1839 moonraking1846 lallygagging1868 bohunkus1918 twattery?1979 ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 451 He wolde avoide from his servyce his cownsellours whiche movede hym unto that symplenesse. c1500 Melusine (1895) 194 My lordes, grete symplenes it is to you thus to traueylle your peuple for nought. 1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 43 Hyt ys but a Symplenesse for us to thyncke to kepe possessions in Fraunce. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 77 Run to my studie..Gods will What simplenes is this? View more context for this quotation 1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 199 Even theirs, who thinke Sanctitie a simplenesse, Devotion a dulnesse, and thy Feare a folly. 3. The fact or quality of having a simple form, composition, etc.; lack of complexity or intricacy. Hence more generally: the fact or quality of being straightforward to do or use; lack of difficulty, easiness.In early use sometimes: spec. unitary or indivisible nature; cf. simple adj. 12b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > absence of complexity simplenessa1398 simplesse?c1400 plainness1669 incomplexity1778 simplism1840 elementariness1862 the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun] purenessa1398 simplenessa1398 simplicitya1398 simplesse?c1400 sincerity1546 purity1553 incompoundness1600 unmixedness1612 immixtness1646 immixture1648 uncompoundedness1649 meracity1656 incommixturea1682 singleness1695 simplexity1817 sheerness1903 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. i. 131 For þe simplenesse [1495 de Worde symplynes] of a boistous þing is sotilnesse. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxvi. 1355 For sympilnes oon is nouȝt ydeled ne yparted. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 113^v in Middle Eng. Dict. at Simplenes(se Þe fire be cause of his simpelnesse he inpresseþ no more but certeine mesure ȝif þat a surgene wirche þerwiþ discretelie. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) Prol. sig. a.ii ^v Prechours of the symplenes of the gospell. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 83 The Ancient simplenesse of Musicke. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. xii. 317 The simplenesse, and puritie of that shepheardish originall continued. 1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 79 That the Cure will be easie..may be foretold from the Figure, Simpleness, Composition, and Time of the Fracture. 1790 Calcutta Chron. 11 Feb. Camp Tables, which, from the Strength and Simpleness of construction are not liable to get out of order. 1828 C. Lamb Child Angel in Elia 2nd Ser. 159 O the inexplicable simpleness of dreams! 1882 Nature 16 Nov. 51/1 From a simpleness in structure to a wonderful differentiation thereof. 1909 Manch. Guardian 20 Dec. 3/1 Although the netting of the ball was simpleness itself,..it was the best goal of the three. 1973 Billboard 7 July 55/1 The simpleness of the song is matched by the simpleness of the arrangement. 2016 Standard (Warrnambool, Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Oct. I think I was almost surprised by the simpleness of the questions... The exam was quite straightforward. 4. Lack of affectation or pretension; modest or unassuming nature or behaviour, humility; (in early use also) meekness, gentleness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] simplesse1340 methec1390 simplenessc1400 demurity1483 demureness?1518 modestness1546 modesty1553 unaspiringness1681 unpretendingness1701 unassumingness1768 unostentatiousness1807 unpresumingness1837 unpretentiousness1855 unassertiveness1934 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 909 Now, hynde, þat sympelnesse coneȝ enclose, I wolde þe aske a þynge expresse. c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 131 Norweies forsakyng þair kyng seint Olavum for his sympelnes [?a1475 anon. tr. mekenesse], brouȝte yn kyng Kanut. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 59 The mayster of mekenes and louer of sympilnesse. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxvii^v So moche were they gyuen to symplenes And other vertues chefe and pryncipall. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiii. f. clxxvii The behaueour of his body, shewed all tokens of humilitie and symplenesse. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 83 Neuer any thing Can be amisse, when simplenesse and duety tender it. View more context for this quotation 1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus i. iv. 20 They..must imitate Her unaffected simpleness. 1866 J. Ingelow Poems 194 In his reverend face There was a simpleness we could not sound. 1869 A. D. Whitney Hitherto ix So rich and beautiful that it made me afraid; but for Allard's kindness and Mrs. Cope's simpleness. 1920 J. Collins Idling in Italy ix. 170 These two massive volumes to testify to the kindness, gentleness, simpleness, and humility of Samuel Butler. 1967 Ebony Oct. 48/1 ‘I don't feel very different,’ she states with a quiet simpleness that belies her ebullience in song. 2013 Philippines News Agency (Nexis) 21 Mar. The lowness of his monument speaks highly of Robredo's humility, simpleness and his standards in applying the principle of equality. †5. Insignificance; negligible value. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > little importance or triviality simpleness1440 toyousness1581 triflingnessa1586 triviality1598 pusillage1610 inconsiderableness1646 shrimpishness1651 unsignificancy1659 trivialnessa1687 no great things1776 cobwebbery1837 mereness1909 picayunity1948 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 456 Sympylnesse, or lytylle of valew, exilitas. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. to King p. iv The symplenesse of my poore labours in that behalfe. 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome Ded. sig. C1^v Most humblie beseeching you to beare with the simplenesse thereof. 1584 J. Pett Great Cicle Easter To Rdr. sig. A.iii^v Partly discouraged as wel through the simplenes of the worke. 6. The fact or quality of living modestly, plainly, or frugally; poverty; absence or renunciation of luxury. Also as a characteristic of clothing, food, etc.: plainness, frugality; lack of luxuriousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > condition of being poor simplessea1393 simplenessc1440 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] simplessea1393 roughnessa1398 rudenessc1405 unrefinedness1607 simpleness1648 unpolishedness1652 unpoliteness1700 sordidness1704 ungenteelness1706 indelicacy1712 unrefinement1769 ungentility1822 unprinceliness1855 outbackery1961 c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 73 (MED) If þou come for to feght wit vs, feghte on. For..oure symplenes will we on na wyse lefe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4051 Quen he þaire simpilnes sees, he soroȝes in his hert, Pleynes of þaire pouerte. a1563 J. Bale Brefe Comedy Iohan Baptystes in Harleian Misc. (1744) I. 113 Soch autoryte, As thy grace hath geuen, to my poore symplenesse. 1617 W. Stanney Treat. Penance 237 Concerning the meanesse and simplenes of the cloath, it may be dispensed withal. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. cliv. 326 Reverend John array'd in simplenes, All humane off-spring nobly did excell. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Whatsoever things they are in which this present Age doth differ from the rude simplenesse of Antiquity. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. v. 122 Simpleness of diet was prescribed to them, roots, pottage, gruels. 1873 W. Morris Love is Enough 86 He is poor, and shall scorn not our simpleness surely. 2010 G. Morgan Shaping Eng. Poetry vi. 114 We may certainly expect to find the discipline of monastic life to be reflected in simpleness of dress and frugality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1382
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