SESQUIDU'PLICATE, adjective [Latin sesqui, supra, and duplicatis, double.] Designating the ratio of two and a half to one, or where the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.