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sesquiplicate

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Magnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.

Surface form sesqui- (“one and a half”) + plicate (“fold”); by analogy with duplicate.

sesquialterate: sesquialteral ratio sesquiplicate proportion sesquiplicate ratio subsesquiplicate ratio half again

sesquialteral sesquialterate: sesquialteral ratio sesquiplicate proportion sesquiplicate ratio subsesquiplicate ratio half again duplicate triplicate

What does sesquiplicate mean?: Magnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.
Where does sesquiplicate come from?: Surface form sesqui- (“one and a half”) + plicate (“fold”); by analogy with duplicate.

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