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twissel.

Double; twofold.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Double; twofold.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”).

noun

  1. A double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree.

    rare

  2. That part of a tree where the branches separate from the trunk or bole; a fork.

    rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”).

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