Mickle Definition

mĭkəl
adjective
Great.
American Heritage
Much.
Webster's New World

(now chiefly Scotland and Northumbrian) Large, great.

Wiktionary

(now chiefly Scotland and Northumbrian) Much; a great quantity or amount of.

Wiktionary
adverb
Greatly.
American Heritage
noun

(chiefly Scotland) A great amount.

Many a little makes a mickle.
Wiktionary

(Scotland) A small amount.

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Origin of Mickle

  • From Middle English mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, from Old English miċel, myċel or Old Norse mikill, both from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English mikel from Old English micel and from Old Norse mikill meg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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