What is "simpleness"

Simpleness \Sim"ple*ness\, n. The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.
--Shak.

14c., "absence of pride," from simple (adj.) + -ness. From late 14c. as "absence of duplicity; ignorance; absence of complexity."

n. The property of being simple.

n. the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal" [syn: simplicity] [ant: complexity]