Mickleness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size. uncountable
""There is in Britain a fen of unmeasured mickleness that begins from the river Granta, not far from the city which is called Grantaceaster."
Example
More examples""There is in Britain a fen of unmeasured mickleness that begins from the river Granta, not far from the city which is called Grantaceaster."
Etymology
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.
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