fivefold
advEtymology From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five + -fold.
1
By a factor of five.
fivefold
adjEtymology From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five + -fold.
1
Five times as much or as many.
2
In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
- [W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom.1885, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 246:
- Derived terms
- fivefold ministry, fivefoldness