mick·le

(mĭk′əl) Scots

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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mickle

(ˈmɪkəl) ,

muckle

meikle

adj

great or abundant

adv

much; greatly

1. a great amount, esp in the proverb, mony a little makes a mickle

2. Scot a small amount, esp in the proverb, many a mickle maks a muckle

[C13 mikel, from Old Norse mikell, replacing Old English micel much]

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mick•le

(ˈmɪk əl)

adj.

Chiefly Scot. great; large; much.

[1175–1225; Middle English (N and E dials.) mikel < Old Norse mikill; see much]

Mickle

a large amount—SOED; mickle folk‘many people,’ 1275. The expression, ‘Many a pickle makes a muckle’ is used in 1905; ‘Many a pickle makes a mickle’ is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

mickle - (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"

good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight

large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation

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