onefold

== English == === 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. === Adjective === onefold (not comparable) Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme. Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete. Simple, plain, straightforward. 1875, Mrs. Oliphant, Whiteladies: [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[.] Singular, as opposite to plural. ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== onefoldness === Further reading === “onefold”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.