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mick·le 
[mik-uhl] Pronunciation Key
[mik-uhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective Archaic.
| great; large; much. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME mikel < ON mikill; r. ME michel, OE micel (see much); c. OHG mihil, Goth mikils, akin to L magnus, Gk mégas]
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| mick·le
(mĭk'əl) Pronunciation Key
adj. Great. adv. Greatly. [Middle English mikel, from Old English micel and from Old Norse mikill; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mickle
mickle
dial. survival of O.E. micel, mycel "great, big, many," from P.Gmc. *mekilaz (cf. O.S. mikil, O.N. mikill, O.H.G. mihhil, Goth. mikils), from PIE base *meg(h)- "great, large" (cf. Arm. mets "great;" Skt. mahat- "great, mazah- "greatness;" Avestan mazant- "great;" Hitt. mekkish "great, large;" Gk. megas "great, large;" L. magnus "great, large, much, abundant," major "greater;" M.Ir. mag, maignech "great, large;" M.Welsh meith "long, great"). Its main modern form is much (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| mickle | |
noun | |
| (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"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mickle
Mic"kle\, a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. ?, gen. ?; 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.
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