Millematige

Millematige is a rare Dutch adjective that appears in a limited set of historical texts. The form seems to be built from mille, the Latin word for thousand, combined with the Dutch suffix -matige, which yields adjectives such as “characteristic of” or “in the manner of.” Because the term is scarcely attested, its precise sense is not established in standard dictionaries.

Usage and scope are unclear due to sparse evidence. In the few occurrences where millematige is found, it appears in contexts involving quantitative description or presentation where quantities are expressed in thousands. It may indicate a proportion, distribution, or method of presentation scaled by a thousand, rather than a fixed unit of measurement. Some editors interpret millematige as signaling archaism or a stylistic way of noting large-scale quantities in administrative or fiscal records from earlier periods.

Etymology remains tentative. The combination of mille and -matig(e) suggests a derivation along the lines of “in the thousandfold manner,” but without more robust attestations, the exact nuance is uncertain and open to scholarly interpretation.

Modern status is that millematige is not part of standard Dutch vocabulary and is mainly of interest to philologists and historians studying archaic or niche texts. For researchers, consulting historical dictionaries, philological commentaries, and digitized archival corpora is recommended to locate additional instances and clarify its meaning in specific contexts.