noun
1.
darkness; gloom: the murk of a foggy night.
adjective
2.
Archaic. dark; murky.
Also, mirk.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English mirke, myrke < Old Norse myrkr dark, darkness, replacing Old English myrce dark
before 900; Middle English mirke, myrke < Old Norse myrkr dark, darkness, replacing Old English myrce dark
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murk or mirk1 (mɜːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | gloomy darkness |
| —adj | |
| 2. | an archaic variant of murky |
| [C13: probably from Old Norse myrkr darkness; compare Old English mirce dark] | |
| mirk or mirk1 | |
| —n | |
| —adj | |
| [C13: probably from Old Norse myrkr darkness; compare Old English mirce dark] | |
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| murk2 (mɜːk) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to murder (a person) |
| 2. | to defeat (a team) convincingly |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
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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).
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Example sentences
Amid the murk and drizzly mists in which the drama is played out, he becomes some dreadful and pathetic creature of darkness.
But in the short term, the tendency to dispel the murk around charities' activities may work the other way.
The soundtrack grinding through the murk is an electronic soup of rumbles, clanks and backward tape loops.
For a moment, their flavors were weighty and clear before dissolving back into a delicious murk.
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