twelvefold

[adj. twelv-fohld; adv. twelv-fohld]

twelve·fold

[adj. twelv-fohld; adv. twelv-fohld]
adjective
1.
having twelve sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
2.
being twelve times more, larger, greater, etc., as a given quantity size, intensity, or the like.
adverb
3.
twelve times in amount or degree: Its potential destructive power was increased twelvefold.

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Twelvefold is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1550–60; Old English twelf-feald. See twelve, -fold
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