sextuple


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sextuple /ˈsɛkstjʊp(ə)l, sɛksˈtjuːp(ə)l/
adjective
  • 1 consisting of six parts or elements.
  • 2 six times as much or as many.
verb increase or be increased sixfold. noun a sixfold number or amount.
– derivatives
sextuply adverb.
– origin C17: from med. L. sextuplus, formed irregularly from L. sex ‘six’, on the pattern of late L. quintuplus ‘quintuple’.
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