mickle /mikˈl/ (archaic), also (Scot) muckle /mukˈl/

1. Much
2. Great

A great quantity

Much

many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle (often absurdly many a mickle makes a muckle)

Every little helps

much /much/

1. A great quantity of
2. Great (obsolete)
3. Many (Shakespeare)

1. In a great degree
2. To a great extent
3. In nearly the same way
4. By far
5. (in old ironical use) like the modern slang ‘not much’, I don't think

1. A great deal
2. Anything of importance or worth

—Also in unshortened archaic form muchˈel, also (Spenser) muchˈell or mochˈell and (Scot and N Eng) mickˈle or muckˈle

muchˈly adverb (archaic and joc)

muchˈness noun (archaic)

1. Greatness
2. Magnitude

a bit much

Too much to put up with, unreasonable

as much as or much as

Although, even though

make much of see under make¹

much about it

Something like what it usually is

much of a muchness

Just about the same value or amount

not much of a

A rather poor specimen of a

not up to much (informal)

Not very good

too much for

More than a match for

too much of a good thing

More than can be tolerated

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