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English
Etymology
From the Latin simpliciter (“simply”, “plainly”), from simplex (“simple”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
simpliciter (not comparable)
- (philosophy, law, originally chiefly Scots law) Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.
- Paragraph 68, Public Prosecutor v CJH ( SGHC 303)
Leaving aside this report, I make the general observation firstly that the CA has pointed out in PP v UI [2008] 4 SLR(R) 500 […] that rape simpliciter "is already ‘an inherently odious and reprehensible act’… that exacts ‘irretrievable physical, emotional and psychological scars on [the] victim’” […]
References
Latin
Etymology
From simplex (“simple, plain”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
Adverb
simpliciter (comparative simplicius, superlative simplicissimē)
- simply, plainly, straightforwardly, directly, utterly
Related terms
References
- “simpliciter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “simpliciter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers