simpler
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simpler¹
- /ˈsɪm.pəl.ə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈsɪm.plə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈsɪm.pəl.ɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈsɪm.plɚ/ Canada, US
adjective
- comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging. During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R
noun simplers
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One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
One of the great pleasures in botany is, to produce a rather uncommon plant to those who know it to be curious; but the English botanist will not have much satisfaction in shewing it to a simpler, who is not acquainted with it under the name given by Gerard or Ray.
Similar: simplist
Simpler²
Where it comes from
Probably an altered form of German Simperl or Semperl.
proper noun Simplers
- A surname from German.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lighter, smoother, streamline, streamlined, leaner, streamlining, clearer, simplified, simplify, simplification, easier, straightforward, simply, simplifying, simpling, herb
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