multifoldadj.
/ˈmʌltɪfəʊld/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌfoʊld/; see also multi- comb. form. Having many parts or aspects; multiple, manifold.
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sunderlyeOE
manifoldeOE
selcoutha1000
felefoldc1000
mislichOE
alkinOE
manykinOE
fele-kync1175
serekina1300
sundera1325
sundrya1325
serea1340
divers1340
varyingc1340
variantc1380
muchfoldc1384
serelepesa1400
serelepya1400
multifaryc1460
sundryfoldc1460
multiplicate?a1475
variable?a1475
sundrilyc1480
diversea1542
particoloured1591
multifarious1593
Protean1594
daedal1596
choiceful1605
Daedalian1605
multiplex1606
variated1608
diversified1611
multiplicious1617
variousa1634
multivarious1636
mosaic1644
multiple1647
omnigenous1650
chequered1656
plurifarious1656
ununiform1660
variate1677
disuniform1687
Proteusian1689
unsteady1690
unequable1693
inequable1721
variegating1727
varied1733
multitudinous1744
multifold1806
polygeneous1818
unequalized1822
ruleless1836
varicoloured185.
non-uniform1856
omnigener1857
polytypic1858
multiferous1860
variatious1871
variegated1872
polytypical1890
1806 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. I. 64 A first essay..composed..amidst multifold disappointment.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 334 The multifold application of faculties common to man and brute animals.
1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxviii. 161 Machinery for multifold killing.
1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man i. 33 The sources of the Greek doctrine of the mean are so multifold that one can scarcely touch an occupation that does not bear witness to it.
1989 Lit. & Ling. Computing 4 212/1 The value of this activity is multifold.
2002 Drita (Anglo-Albanian Assoc.) Jan.–Mar. 14/1 The aims of my month-long visit to the Southern Balkans were multifold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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