simpless

English

Etymology

French simplesse.

Noun

simpless (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) simplicity or silliness
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Iulye. Ægloga Septima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     Such Simpless mought them shend

References

• “simpless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.