sextuple

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: sex=tu=ple

CIDE DICTIONARY

sextuple, a. [Formed (in imitation of quadruple) fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.].

•  Six times as much; sixfold.  [1913 Webster]
•  Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sextuple, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 sixfold.
2 having six parts.
3 being six times as many or much.
--n. a sixfold number or amount.
--v.tr. & intr. multiply by six; increase sixfold.

Derivative

sextuply adv.

Etymology

med.L sextuplus, irreg. f. L sex six, after LL quintuplus QUINTUPLE

ROGET THESAURUS

sextuple

Five

N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.