mickle
To a great extentTo a great extent.
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Meaning
2 senses(Scotland, archaic)To a great extent.
(obsolete)Frequently, often.
Examples
3 sentencesMany a little makes a mickle.
ruС миру по нитке - голому рубаха. — Imp
Many a mickle makes a muckle.
ruПо капле и море собирается. — sharptoothed
I make a considerable sum of money out of it, and each of my men contributes a mickle toward it.
Origin
From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tallFrom Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle.
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Forms
more mickle, most mickle| Comparative | more mickle Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most mickle |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
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