sescuple

adjective

ses·​cu·​ple

(ˈ)se¦skyüpəl,

ˈseskyəp-

: hemiolic

Word History

Etymology

Latin sescuplus one and a half times as great, from sesqui- + -plus (as in duplus double)

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