simpleness, simplenesse

[English sim ple; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being simple, single, or uncompounded. "They are least compounded, and approach most to the simplene of the elements."-Digby: On Bodies, 2. Artle ne , simplicity, plainne , innocence. "For never any thing can be ami , When simplene and duty tender it." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, v. 1. 3. Weakne of intellect; silline , stupidity, "What simplene is this! I come, I come." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , iii. 3. folly. 4. Freedom from complication or difficulty; simplicity; as, the simplene of a machine or remedy. sim-plěr, s. [Eng. simpl(e); -er.] One who collects simples, or medicinal herbs; a simplist, a herbalist. sim-pli-fi-ca-tion, s. (Fr.) The act of simplifying, or of reducing to simplicity or to a state not complex. "The simplification of machines renders them more and more perfect, but this simplification of the rudiments of languages renders them more and more imperfect."Smith: Formation of Languages.