Sim"ple, v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.
Garth.
Sim"ple-heart`ed (?), a. Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott.
Sim"ple-mind`ed (?), a. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted;
undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. Blackstone. --
Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n.
Sim"ple*ness, n. The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.
Shak.
Sim"pler (?), n. One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a
herbalist; a simplist.
Simpler's joy. (Bot.) Vervain.
Sim"pless (?), n. [F. simplesse.] Simplicity; silliness. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Sim"ple*ton (?), n. [Cf. F. simplet, It. semplicione.] A person of weak
intellect; a silly person.
Sim*pli"cian (?), n. [Cf. OF. simplicien.] One who is simple. [Obs.]
Arnway.
Sim*plic"i*ty (?), n. [F. simplicité, L. simplicitas. See Simple.] 1.
The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the
simplicity of metals or of earths.
2. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few
parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
3. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of
acuteness and sagacity.
Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity neither misliked
nor much regarded.
Hayward.
In wit a man; simplicity a child.
Pope.
4. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury;
plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language;
simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.
5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity
of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.