"simpleness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: simplenesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English symplenesse; equivalent to simple + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|symplenesse}} Middle English symplenesse, {{suffix|en|simple|ness}} simple + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} simpleness (usually uncountable, plural simplenesses)
  1. the property of being simple Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: simplicity Translations (property of being simple): malkomplikeco (Esperanto), Einfachheit [feminine] (German), meecheeall [feminine] (Manx), meecheeallid [masculine] (Manx), simplicite (Middle English), simplicidad [feminine] (Spanish), enkelhet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-simpleness-en-noun-unApM82F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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