Sim-pliç'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. simplicité, Pr. simplicitat, Sp. simplicidad, It. semplicità, semplicitè, Lat. simplicitas. See SIMPLE.]

1. The quality of being simple, unmingled, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
2. The quality of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
3. Artlessness of mind, freedom from a propensity to cunning or stratagem; freedom from duplicity; sincerity; want of acuteness and sagacity.

Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity, neither misliked nor much regarded. Hayward.

4. Freedom from artificial ornament; plainness; as, the simplicity of dress, of style, or of language.
5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of scriptural doctrines or truth.
6. Weakness of intellect; silliness. Prov. i. 22.