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meikle

meikle is the alternative form of mickle.

Meaning of mickle

Adjective

mickle (comparative more mickle, superlative most mickle)

  1. (Northern England, Northumbria, Scotland, archaic, especially) (Very) great or large.
    • Oh mickle is the powerfull grace that lies / In hearbes, plants, ſtones, and their true qualities: / For nought ſo vile, that vile on earth doth liue, / But to the earth ſome ſpeciall good doth giue: […]c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]
    Synonyms:
    muckle

See all 11 meanings of mickle

Proper noun capitalized: Meikle

Meikle (plural Meikles)

  1. A surname.

Forms of meikle

Adjective
comparativemore meikle
superlativemost meikle
Proper noun
pluralMeikles

Words formed from meikle

Questions about meikle

What does meikle mean?
Meikle means a surname.
What is meikle the alternative form of?
Meikle is the alternative form of mickle.
What part of speech is meikle?
Meikle is a proper noun.

Words near meikle in the dictionary

  1. meihua
  2. Meijer
  3. Meiji
  4. Meiji period
  5. meijin
  6. meikle
  7. Meikle Earnock
  8. Meikle Ferry
  9. Meiklejohn
  10. Meiklejohnian
  11. Meiklejohnian absolutism

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