Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SIM-PLIC'I-TY, n. [L. simplicitas; Fr. simplicité; It. simplicità; Sp. simplicidad.]

1. Singleness; the state of being unmixed or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
2. The state 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. Marquis Dorset, a man for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded. Hayward.
4. Plainness; freedom from artificial ornament; as, the simplicity of a dress, of style, of language, &c. Simplicity in writing is the first of excellencies.
5. Plainness; freedom from subtilty or abstruseness; as, the simplicity of Scriptural doctrines or truth.
6. Weakness of intellect; silliness. – Hooker. Godly simplicity, in Scripture, is a fair, – and practice of evangelical truth, with a single view to obedience and to the glory of God.