sextuplicate meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

sextuplicate

adj

UK /sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət/

Etymology From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

1

Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).

The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.

2

Comprising six identical parts.

Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.

sextuplicate

noun

Etymology From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

1

A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.

1945: United States Twelfth Army, Report of Operations: Final After Action Report, PAGE UNKNOWN If the official receipt is not available, the appropriate CA officer will prepare a similar receipt in sextuplicate.
…signed (in quadruplicate for the Financial Office, quintuplicate for the Registrar, and, inexplicably, sextuplicate for the Health Department).1985, Erich Segal, The Class, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 28:

sextuplicate

verb

UK /sɛksˈtjuːplɪkeɪt/

Etymology From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

1

To make six copies of.

Sextuplicate this document for me, please.

Derived terms: sextuplicately, sextuplication
Related terms: duplicate, octuplicate, quadruplicate, quintuplicate, septuplicate, triplicate