Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral PowersSection II. Personal Affections
2. Discriminative Affections
849. Simplicity.
RENDER SIMPLE &c. adj.; simplify, reduce to simplicity, strip of ornament, chasten, restrain.
unaffected, natural, native; inartificial (artless) [See Artlessness]; free from -affectation, – ornament; simplex munditiis [Horace]; sans façon [F.], en déshabillé [F.].
chaste, inornate, severe.
UNADORNED, unornamented, undecked, ungarnished, unarranged, untrimmed, unvarnished.
bald, flat, blank, dull.
SIMPLE-MINDED, childish, credulous [See Credulity].