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Latin
Etymology
simplex, simplicis + -tās
Noun
simplicitās f (genitive simplicitātis); third declension
- simplicity
- plainness, frankness, openness
- innocence, honesty, candor, integrity
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.28.6:
- Melior est pauper ambulāns in simplicitāte, suā quam dīves prāvīs itineribus.
- Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
- directness, ingenuousness, naturalness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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