simplanima

Esperanto

Etymology

simpla +‎ animo +‎ -a.

Adjective

simplanima (accusative singular simplaniman, plural simplanimaj, accusative plural simplanimajn)

  1. ingenuous, guileless, artless, simple
    • Herbert Harris (translator), Princo Vanc’ (Prince Vance) by Eleanor Putnam and Arlo Bates, Chapter 2,
      la simplanima maljunulo, nenion suspektante, riverencis kaj ridetis, pro la granda honoro ricevata de la Princa Moŝto
      the simple old gentleman, suspecting nothing, bowed and simpered at the great honor his Royal Highness did him
    • Stellan Engholm, Vivo vokas,
      La homoj, kiuj apartenas al tia medio, ne povas kompreni la krudkondutajn kaj simplanimajn homojn en laborista loĝejo en Torento.
      The people who belong to such an environment cannot understand the coarse, simple people in a working-class tenement in Torento.
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