simples

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
noun
  1. plural of simple
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of simple

Pronunciation

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Word forms

simples

Etymology

See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

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