eightfold

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight +‎ -fold. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === eightfold (not comparable) Eight times as much; multiplied by eight. Containing eight parts. 2003, Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers, page 213, The scheme, which Gell-Mann called the eightfold way, grouped mesons and baryons into families. ==== Derived terms ==== eightfold path noble eightfold path eightfoldness eightfold way ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === eightfold (not comparable) By a factor of eight. ==== Translations ====