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MICKLE
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(noun) (often followed by âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mickle (comparative more mickle, superlative most mickle)
(archaic, now, chiefly, Scotland and Northern England, especially, Northumbria) (Very) great or large.
Synonym: muckle
Usage notes
The use in Northumbrian is occasional; the word muckle is more common.
Adverb
mickle (comparative more mickle, superlative most mickle)
(archaic, now, chiefly, Scotland) To a great extent.
(obsolete) Frequently, often.
Noun
mickle (countable and uncountable, plural mickles)
(archaic, chiefly, Scotland) A great amount.
(archaic, Scotland, originally, erroneous) A small amount.
(obsolete) Great or important people as a class.
(obsolete) Greatness, largeness, stature.
Determiner
mickle
(archaic, now, chiefly, Scotland and Northern England, especially, Northumbria) Much; a great quantity or amount of.
(archaic, now, chiefly, Scotland and Northumbria) Most; the majority of.
Pronoun
mickle
(archaic, now, chiefly, Scotland) A great extent or large amount.
Anagrams
• Melick, Mickel, melick
Proper noun
Mickle (plural Mickles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mickle is the 7983rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4141 individuals. Mickle is most common among White (69.07%) and Black/African American (25.14%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Melick, Mickel, melick
Source: Wiktionary
Mic"kle, a. Etym: [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. mahat. sq. root103. Cf. Much, Muckle, Magnitude.]
Definition: Much; great. [Written also muckle and mockle.] [Old Eng. & Scot.] "A man of mickle might." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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