simplicity

Roget category 849

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.2. Discriminative affections

#849. Simplicity

noun

simplicity — plainness, homeliness — undress, chastity.

verb

be simple etc. adj.. render simple etc. adj. — simplify, uncomplicate.

adjective

simple, plain — homely, homespun — ordinary, household.
unaffected — ingenuous, sincere (artless) 703 — free from affectation, free from ornament — simplex munditiis [Lat.] [Horace]; sans facon [Fr.], en deshabille [Fr.].
chaste, inornate^†, severe.
unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked^†, ungarnished, unarranged^†, untrimmed, unvarnished.
bald, flat, dull.

phrase

veritatis simplex oratio est [Lat.].

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