Onefold
Origin
From Middle English onfold, anfald ("single, simple, honest, onefold"), from Old English Änfeald ("single, simple", literally onefold), from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz ("onefold, simple"), equivalent to one + -fold. Cognate with Dutch eenvoud ("simple, easy"), German Einfalt ("simplicity"), Icelandic einfaldur ("simple"), Gothic ðŒ°ðŒ¹ðŒ½ð†ðŒ°ðŒ»ðŒ¸ðƒ (ainfalþs, "simple"). More at one, -fold.
Full definition of onefold
Adjective
onefold
- Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme.
- Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete.
- Simple, plain, straightforward; single, singular; unmixed, unadulterated; honest, sincere.
- 2005, Boeve, Geybels, Van den Bossche, Encountering transcendence:There the soul is onefold, pure and chaste, and empty of all things.
- 1844, Robert Rollock, Select works of Robert Rollock:Ye see how ready men are to misconstrue and pervert the onefold meaning of the Lord.