onefold

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Definition of onefold

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme.
  2. (not-comparable)Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete.
    “There the soul is onefold, pure and chaste, and empty of all things.”
  3. (not-comparable)Simple, plain, straightforward.
    “[Her] object was simple enough; but it was too simple—too onefold (if I may borrow an expressive word from my native tongue: ae-fauld we write it in Scotch) for the apprehension of ordinary persons[.]”
  4. (not-comparable)Singular, as opposite to plural.
    “Ye see how ready men are to misconstrue and pervert the onefold meaning of the Lord.”

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Etymology

From Middle English onfold, anfald (“single, simple, honest, onefold”), from Old English ānfeald (“single, simple”, literally “onefold”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainfald, from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz (“onefold, simple”), equivalent to one + -fold. Cognate with Dutch eenvoud (“simplicity, easiness”), German Einfalt (“simplicity”) and einfach (“simple”), Icelandic einfaldur (“simple”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (ainfalþs, “simple”). More at one, -fold.

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