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mirk

  [murk]
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–noun, adjective
murk.
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murk

  [murk]
–noun
1. darkness; gloom: the murk of a foggy night.
–adjective
2. Archaic. dark; murky.
Also, mirk.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME mirke, myrke < ON myrkr dark, darkness, r. OE myrce dark
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mirk   (mûrk)   
n.   & adj.
Variant of murk.
murk also mirk   (mûrk)   
n.  Partial or total darkness; gloom.
adj.   Archaic
Partially or totally dark; gloomy.

[Middle English mirke, from Old Norse myrkr or Old English mirce.]
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Word Origin & History

murk 
c.1200, from O.N. myrkr "darkness," from myrkr "dark," cognate with O.E. mierce "dark," from P.Gmc. *merkwjo-, with no known cognates outside Gmc. Murk Monday was long the name in Scotland for the great solar eclipse of March 29, 1652 (April 8, New Style). Murky (1340) was rare before 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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