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murk

  [murk]
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–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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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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