Middle English Dictionary Entry
simplī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | simplī adj. |
| Etymology | From simple adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Modest, humble in appearance; (b) lacking in luxuries, not sumptuous; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)240/2 : Seynt Poule..techeþ hem to loke simpliche, þat is to seie, loweliche, and meke and schamefaste, not to boldeliche schewe here visages.
b
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)5241 : Here now stood A riche paleys..And þe man þat it longed to Hadde anoþer hous also, Wel simplier and lesse worthi.
c
- (1277) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.325 : William Sympli.