3. Denoting an extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences,
etc. "A mighty famine." Luke xv. 14. "Giants of mighty bone." Milton.
Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
Hawthorne. Mighty
(Might"y), n.; pl. Mighties A warrior of great force and courage. [R. & Obs.] 1 Chron. xi. 12.
Mighty
(Might"y), adv. In a great degree; very. [Colloq.] "He was mighty methodical." Jeffrey.
We have a mighty pleasant garden.
Doddridge. Migniard
(Mign"iard) a. [F. mignard, akin to mignon. See Minion.] Soft; dainty. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Migniardise
(Mign"iard*ise) n. [F. mignardise.] Delicate fondling. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Mignon
(Mi"gnon) a. [F.] See 3d Minion.
Mignon
(Mi"gnon), v. t. To flatter. [R. & Obs.] Danie.
Mignonette
(Mi`gnon*ette") n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion.] (Bot.) A
plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious
fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.
Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper.
Migraine
(Mi*graine") n. [F.] Same as Megrim. — Mi*grain"ous, a.
Migrant
(Mi"grant) a. [L. migrans, p. pr. of migrare. See Migrate.] Migratory. Sir T. Browne. — n.
A migratory bird or other animal.
Migrate
(Mi"grate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Migrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Migrating ] [L. migratus, p. p. of
migrare to migrate, transfer.]
1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of
residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.
2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; — said of certain
birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.
Migration
(Mi*gra"tion) n. [L. migratio: cf. F. migration.] The act of migrating.
Migratory
(Mi"gra*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. migratoire.]
1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.
2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life.
Migratory locust (Zoöl.) See Locust. — Migratory thrush (Zoöl.), the American robin. See Robin.
Mikado
(Mi*ka"do) n. [Jap.] The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.
Mikmaks
(Mik"maks) n. Same as Micmacs.
Milage
(Mil"age) n. Same as Mileage.
Milanese
(Mil`an*ese") a. Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A
native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan.
