Meanings
adjectivesesquiplicate (not comparable)
- not comparableMagnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.
Origin
Surface form sesqui- (“one and a half”) + plicate (“fold”); by analogy with duplicate.
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sesquiplicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesquiplicate
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“sesquiplicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesquiplicate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sesquiplicate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesquiplicate.
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