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twyfold
English
Alternative forms
- twifold
Adjective
twyfold (not comparable)
- (archaic) Twofold.
Adverb
twyfold (not comparable)
- (archaic) Twofold.
twyfold From the web:
- what does twyfold mean
twofold
English
Alternative forms
- two-fold
Etymology
From Middle English twofold, from Old English tw?ofeald. Equivalent to two +? -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
Adjective
twofold (not comparable)
- Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
- The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
- Having two parts, especially two different parts.
- a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
- 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.
- Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]
- 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy
- "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."
Synonyms
- (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
- (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dual
Derived terms
- twofoldness
Translations
Adverb
twofold (not comparable)
- In a double degree; doubly.
Synonyms
- double; see also Thesaurus:twice
Translations
References
- twofold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- twofold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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