Etymology

sedecuple

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Today it means: Sixteen times as great or as numerous. Full definition →

Latin sēdecuplus
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  1. Latin · derived fromsēdecuplus“sixteenfold”
  2. English todaysedecuple

First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.

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