twofold

Definition

Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

Example Sentences

• "The wheat produced a twofold harvest."
• "a twofold nature;  a twofold sense;  a twofold argument"
• "1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]"