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- Latin · derived fromsēdecuplus“sixteenfold”
- English todaysedecuple
First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Sixteen times as great or as numerous. Full definition →
First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.