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mick⋅le

  [mik-uhl]
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–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)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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