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simplificatory

adj

Etymology

From simplify + -c- + -atory, compare simplification.

  1. derived from simplex — “simple”
  2. derived from simple
  3. inherited from symple
  4. formed as simplify — “simple + -ify”
  5. formed as simplificatory — “simplify + -c- + -atory”

Definitions

  1. Serving to simplify.

    • Abandoning an exaggeratedly simplificatory 'explanation' does not mean (quite the contrary) that one should invoke another, equally simplificatory one […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for simplificatory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA