mickle
pronunciation
How to pronounce mickle in British English:
UK ['mɪkl]
How to pronounce mickle in American English:
US ['mɪkəl]
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- Noun:
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Word Origin
- mickle (adj.)
- dialectal survival of Old English micel, mycel "great, intense, big, long, much, many," from Proto-Germanic *mekilaz (cognates: Old Saxon mikil, Old Norse mikill, Old High German mihhil, Gothic mikils), from PIE root *meg- "great, large" (cognates: Armenian mets "great;" Sanskrit mahat- "great, mazah- "greatness;" Avestan mazant- "great;" Hittite mekkish "great, large;" Greek megas "great, large;" Latin magnus "great, large, much, abundant," major "greater," maximus "greatest;" Middle Irish mag, maignech "great, large;" M.Welsh meith "long, great"). Its main modern form is much (q.v.). Related: Mickleness.
Example
- 1. A smiling mickle is the best .
- 2. However , many a mickle makes a muckle , and in total they add up to something significant .
- 3. Day after day , many a little makes a mickle , have overrun power .
- 4. The name of an honest woman is mickle worth .
- 5. I believed that so long as can go forward unceasingly , certainly many a little makes a mickle , breaks through unceasingly .