muckle

[ muhk-uhl ]

adjective

, British Dialect.

1. mickle.

muckle

/ ˈmʌkəl /

adjective

1. large; much

adverb

1. much; greatly

Word History and Origins

Origin of muckle¹

Middle English mukel, variant of muchel; much

Word History and Origins

Origin of muckle¹

dialect variant of mickle

Example Sentences

There’s a Jamaican phrase, “Every mickle mek a muckle,” which means “Every little bit adds up.”

From Time

Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images The 20th century, on the other side, opens with not one but two spaces devoted to the muckle works of Henry Moore.

From The Guardian

Donatello's tiny cherub bursting with mirth as he shakes a tambourine had more eloquence in its single up-curled toe than all the muckle monuments of Rodin, the only conventional choices in this show.

From The Guardian

Many a mickle makes a muckle NECESSITY, so the proverb has it, is the mother of invention.

From Economist

But they are by no means a team, these muckle men, with their proud and resentful expressions.

From The Guardian