Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SESQUIDUPLE
SES-QUI-CY'A-NIDSES-QUI-DU'PLI-CATE
SESQUIDUPLE, n. [Sesquiduple. L. sesquiduplus.]
is sometimes used in the same manner, to denote the proportions of two and a half to one, or rather of five to two.
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