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mickle

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪk(ə)l/

The English word “mickle” has 10 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. (Very) great or large.

adverb

  1. To a great extent.
  2. Frequently, often.

noun

  1. A great amount.
  2. A small amount.
  3. Great or important people as a class.
  4. Greatness, largeness, stature.

determiner

  1. Much; a great quantity or amount of.
  2. Most; the majority of.

pronoun

  1. A great extent or large amount.

Etymology

From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”),…

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