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11. A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. Syn. Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self- confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weakShak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion.Law. Simple What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.Sir W. Temple. Simple As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.Garth. |
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