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See muckle

English

Etymology

From , , , < {{term|michel|miċel|lang=ang}}, {{term|mycel|myċel|lang=ang}}, (now chiefly Scottish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmɪkəl/
  • :


Adjective

  1. In the Context of much, great.


Noun

  1. In the Context of A great amount.
  2. :Many a mickle makes a muckle.


References


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Scots

Etymology

{{term|michel|miċel|lang=ang}}, {{term|mycel|myċel|lang=ang}},.

Adjective

  1. much, great.


Noun

  1. A great amount.


ru:mickle te:mickle vi:mickle zh:mickle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mickle \Mic"kle\ (m[i^]k"k'l), a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel,
mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil,
mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr.
me`gas, gen. mega`loy; cf. Skr. mahat. [root]103. Cf. Much,
Muckle, Magnitude.]
Much; great. [Written also muckle and mockle.] [Old Eng.
& Scot.] "A man of mickle might." --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet mickle
n : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, {good
deal}, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, {quite
a little}, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, {tidy
sum}, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
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