eightfold

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.

With a soft, yet firm voice the exalted one spoke, taught the four main doctrines, taught the eightfold path, patiently he went the usual path of the teachings, of the examples, of the repetitions, brightly and quietly his voice hovered over the listeners, like a light, like a starry sky. — Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse

octuple, eight-fold

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