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mucklest

mucklest is the superlative form of muckle.

Meaning of muckle

Adjective

muckle (comparative muckler, superlative mucklest)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria) Large, massive.
    • She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,c. 1930, George S. Morris, song A Pair o Nicky-tams
  2. (Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria) Much.
    • But long they waited, and longer still, / With doubt and muckle pain, / But woe were the hearts of his brethren, / For he came not back again.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Childe Rowland”, in English Fairy Tales, page 118

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Questions about mucklest

What is mucklest the superlative form of?
Mucklest is the superlative form of muckle.

Words near mucklest in the dictionary

  1. Muckleford
  2. Muckleford South
  3. muckler
  4. muckles
  5. Muckleshoot
  6. mucklest
  7. Muckley
  8. muckling
  9. Mucklow
  10. muckluck
  11. mucklucks

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