simpliciter

English

Etymology

From the Latin simpliciter (“simply”, “plainly”), from simplex (“simple”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

simpliciter (not comparable)

  1. (philosophy, law, originally chiefly Scots law, Canadian law, postpositive) Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.
    The charge was reduced from aggravated assault to assault simpliciter.
    • 2022, Paragraph 68, Public Prosecutor v CJH ([2022] SGHC 303)
      Leaving aside this report, I make the general observation firstly that the CA has pointed out in PP v UI [2008] 4 SLR(R) 500 […] that rape simpliciter "is already ‘an inherently odious and reprehensible act’… that exacts ‘irretrievable physical, emotional and psychological scars on [the] victim’” […]

References

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-der.
Latin sem-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?
Latin -plex
Latin simplex
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Latin simpliciter

    From simplex (“simple, plain”) + -ter.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    simpliciter (comparative simplicius, superlative simplicissimē)

    1. simply, plainly, straightforwardly, directly, utterly

    References

    • “simpliciter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “simpliciter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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