thick and threefold

== English == === Adverb === thick and threefold (not comparable) (dated, idiomatic) In quick succession, or in great numbers. c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.: A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;That, if I wiſt not to be controlde,Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.