In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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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