Added 4 October 2026
simple
/ˈsɪm.pəl/ adjective
In Latin: simplex Wiktionary
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- Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Easy; not difficult.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
noun
- A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- A physician.
- A simple or atomic proposition.
verb
Origin
Inherited from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“to fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc. Partially displaced native English onefold.
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