Mickle can mean a large amount (noun), great (adjective), or much (adverb).
Mickle pode significar uma grande quantidade (substantivo), grande (adjetivo) ou muito (advérbio).
| Front | mickle \MIK-uhl\ |
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| Back | noun: A large amount. adjective: Great, large. adverb: Much. [From Old English micel (much). Ultimately from the Indo-European root meg- (great), which is also the source of magnificent, maharajah, mahatma, master, mayor, maestro, magnate, magistrate, maximum, and magnify. Earliest documented use: 9th c. The word appears in the proverb "Many a little makes a mickle" and sometimes in its corrupted (and meaningless) form: "Many a mickle makes a muckle."] "While blessed with an abundance of natural beauty and resources, Chatham County is also burdened with the task of dealing with a mickle of vegetative waste." - Robert Drewry and Virginia Lamb; County Develops Yard Waste Program; Public Works Magazine (Chicago, Illinois); May 2000. |
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