simplifiedadj.
/ˈsɪmplᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪd/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > made simple
simplified1646
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective]
heanc825
daftc1000
edmedec1000
edmodc1000
edmodeda1175
sheepishc1175
deftc1220
edmodi?c1225
lowc1225
humblec1250
beienlichc1275
buxoma1300
meekc1325
benign1377
lowlya1382
contemptiblec1384
pridelessc1395
humil1488
low-down1548
unproud1570
demiss1572
unpuffed1577
afflicted1590
unselfdelicious1605
cottagely1653
unselfvaluing1668
simplified1721
demissivea1763
stateless1844
maiden-meek1847
vanityless1854
patronizable1884
1646 tr. Benet of Canfield Bright Starre xix. 215 Confesse him with a simplified and invincible faith.
a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 75 They are all pure simplified Spirits, not like the Angels,..but they are pure abstracted Spirits, proceeding from the supreme Unity.
1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Valley of Lilies xviii, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 48 He that is simplified and innocent, and humbly obedient.
2. Made less complex or elaborate; made easier to use or understand.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > making easy > made easy > made less complex
simplified1772
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [adjective] > generally intelligible
popular1573
exoterical1637
vulgar1643
exoteric1656
simplified1772
popularized1839
while-you-wait1929
pop1956
1772 Morning Chron. 6 Aug. Thie simplified plan, requiring but a moderate attention.
1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. Pref. It furnishes a simplified account of other countries.
1828 Veterinarian Jan. 18 The question comes to us in a simplified and more answerable form.
1886 Med. News 15 May 292/1 Even the very features of the antiseptic method of wound treatment..are becoming simplified.
1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 906/1 Messrs. Couturat and de Beaufront, produced a modification of Esperanto which they named simplified Esperanto.
1967 Sputnik Monthly Digest Nov. 74/1 Simplified space vehicles will be required to supply these crews with everything they need.
2015 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 35 The simplified divorce procedure will keep costs down.
Compounds
simplified speller n. (also with capital initials) a person who advocates or uses simplified spelling.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > correct, customary spelling > system of writing with phonetic consistency > practitioner of simplified spelling
simplified spellera1910
a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Simplified Alphabet in What is Man? & Other Ess. (1917) 262 I myself am a Simplified Speller.
1933 Country Life 28 Oct. 435/2 The least we can do is to give the simplified spellers an impartial—or should it be imparshul?—hearing.
2010 Jrnl. Gilded Age & Progressive Era 9 378 Simplified spellers assumed that lasting reform would require continuous management.
simplified spelling n. (also with capital initials) a way or system of writing English with greater phonetic consistency than in conventional spelling; any of various schemes for such a spelling reform.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > correct, customary spelling > system of writing with phonetic consistency
simplified spelling1864
Anglic1930
pronunciation spelling1944
1864 J. Parton Life & Times B. Franklin I. iv. vi. 526 He would have heartily welcomed the abbreviated and simplified spelling which formerly excited so much clamor.
1908 W. W. Skeat Presidential Addr. at 1st Meeting of Simplified Spelling Soc. 3 The object of the Simplified Spelling Society is to consider carefully the whole subject of our modern English spelling, with a view to the initiation of..a moderate system of reforms.
a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Simplified Alphabet in What is Man? & Other Ess. (1917) 256 I have had a kindly feeling..toward Simplified Spelling, from the beginning of the movement three years ago.
1977 K. M. E. Murray Caught in Web of Words vi. 102 In 1905..he [sc. James Murray] joined the American Simplified Spelling Board.
2013 G. G. Dodds Take up your Pen v. 134 Various respected authors endorsed the push for simplified spelling.
Derivatives
ˈsimplifiedly adv.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] > made simple
simplifiedly1683
reductively1907
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 67 Where..uncompoundedly, abstractly and simplifiedly Hee stood.
1860 Pennsylvania School Jrnl. Mar. 274/2 He has it introduced into his school simplifiedly, as an intellectual exercise.
1911 America 22 July 355/2 His speech—simplifiedly spelled, of course—has been put in pamphlet form.
2013 S. Feyen Beyond Federal Dogmatics iii. 127 The Court, simplifiedly, accepted that some of these measures infringed upon the existing guarantees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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