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mickleness

mickleness noun: greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.

Noun

mickleness (uncountable)

  1. Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
    • "There is in Britain a fen of unmeasured mickleness that begins from the river Granta, not far from the city which is called Grantaceaster.1905, Stopford Augustus Brooke, The history of early English literature
    • [...] and for to show also the wonderful mickleness of hatred that thou hadst to my sin which I had made.1995, Walter Hilton, The Goad of Love

Origin of mickleness

From Middle English mikelnes, an unpalatalised variant (due to influence from Old Norse mikill) of Middle English michelnesse, from Old English miċelnes (“greatness, size, mass, quantity, multitude, abundance, magnificence, great deed”), equivalent to mickle + -ness. Cognate with Old High German michilnessi (“greatness, magnitude”). See also muchness.

Questions about mickleness

What does mickleness mean?
Mickleness means greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
What part of speech is mickleness?
Mickleness is a noun.

Words near mickleness in the dictionary

  1. Mickleby
  2. Micklefield
  3. Mickleham
  4. Micklehurst
  5. Micklem
  6. mickleness
  7. Mickleover
  8. Mickler
  9. Micklers
  10. mickles
  11. Mickleson syndrome

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