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Old 01-29-2010, 07:43 PM   #1
Céline
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Default Word Of The Day

Simplicity

simˇplicˇiˇty (sĭm-plĭs'ĭ-tē)


Allowing what is.

Absence of complication, sophistication

The quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal"

Lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"

Clarity of expression.

Middle English simplicite, from Old French, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex, simplic-, simple

"Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art." - Philip James Bailey




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