sixtyfold

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adjective

By a multiple of sixty; by sixty times as much or as many.

OriginMiddle English sixtifold ← Old English sixtiġfeald →
Scrabble 23
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Meanings

adjectivesixtyfold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy a multiple of sixty; by sixty times as much or as many.
adverbsixtyfold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy a factor of sixty.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsixtiġfeald“sixtyfold”
  2. Middle Englishsixtifold
  3. Englishsixtyfold

From Middle English sixtifold, sexti fold, from Old English sixtiġfeald (“sixtyfold”), equivalent to sixty + -fold.

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APA

sixtyfold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixtyfold

MLA

“sixtyfold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixtyfold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sixtyfold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixtyfold.

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