Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mickleness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mick-le-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""There is in Britain a fen of unmeasured mickleness that begins from the river Granta, not far from the city which is called Grantaceaster."
"[...] and for to show also the wonderful mickleness of hatred that thou hadst to my sin which I had made."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mikelnes, miċelnes
Suffix: mickle

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does mickleness mean?: Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
Where does mickleness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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