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What (who) is mickle - definition
FAMILY NAME
Mickle (disambiguation)
Mickle
·adj Much; great.
mickle
a.
[Scotch.] Much, great.
mickle
(also muckle) archaic or Scottish & N. English
¦ noun a large amount.
¦ adjective very large.
Phrases
many a little makes a mickle (also many a mickle makes a muckle) many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount.
Origin
OE micel 'great, numerous, much', of Gmc origin.
Usage
The forms mickle and muckle are, by origin, merely variants of the same (now dialect) word meaning 'a large amount'. However, the alternative form of the proverb (originally a misquotation) has led to a misunderstanding that mickle means 'a small amount'.
Examples of use of mickle
1. District Judge Stephan Mickle issued the ruling Tuesday in Gainesville.
2. Mickle managed conference finances for the ACC and supervised public relations efforts.
3. Or tour the sites on your own: Walt Whitman House, 328 Mickle Blvd., (856) '64–5383.
4. Mickle had been battling cancer discovered during a January kidney removal surgery.
5. After returning to the U.S., he became a congregational rabbi at the conservative Temple Emanu–el in Closter, N.J., where he served until 1'85. –– Tom Mickle ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Tom Mickle, a former Atlantic Coast Conference associate commissioner who was instrumental in creating what would become the Bowl Championship Series, died Monday.