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English
Adjective
semple (comparative more semple, superlative most semple)
- simple; low-born; of mean birth.
1881, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, volume 4:[…] he interprisit the ane new fassioun of delay, that, gif ony semple man had interprisit like, it had bene to the dangear and hasard of his lyff […]
Antonyms
References
- Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).
French
Noun
semple m (plural semples)
- a type of transfer used in weaving looms
Further reading
Middle English
Adjective
semple
- Alternative form of symple