PLA'INNESS, n. Levelness evenness or surface.
1. Want of ornament want of artificial show.
So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.
2. Openness rough, blunt or unrefined frankness.
Your plainness and your shortness please me well.
3. Artlessness simplicity candor as unthinking plainness.
4. Clearness openness sincerity.
Seeing then we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech. 2 Corinthians 3
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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