- murk
- noun Etymology: Middle English mirke, probably from Old Norse myrkr darkness; akin to Old English mirce gloom Date: before 12th century gloom, darkness; also fog • murk adjective, archaic
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Murk — may refer to: Murk (band), Cuban American house music duo Murk (album), its 2004 self titled release Murk (film) (Danish title: Mørke), 2005 Danish thriller by Jannik Johansen and Anders Thomas Jensen Murk, a minor character in Buffy the Vampire… … Wikipedia
murk — murk·i·ly; murk·i·ness; murk·ness; murk·some; murk; … English syllables
Murk — Murk, a. [See {Murky}.] Dark; murky. [1913 Webster] He can not see through the mantle murk. J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
murk|y — «MUR kee», adjective, murk|i|er, murk|i|est. 1. very dark or gloomy: »a murky prison, a murky day, the murky blackness of the night. 2. very thick and dark; … Useful english dictionary
Murk — Murk, n. Darkness; mirk. [Archaic] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Murk — Murk, n. The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Murk — Sm kleiner Brocken, kleines Kind per. Wortschatz reg. (15. Jh.) Stammwort. Dazu die Diminutive Mürklein und Mürkel Brocken, Krümel, Knirps . Weiter zu murken, morken (usw.) zerdrücken, zerbröckeln . Entsprechend murk(e)lig verkümmert,… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
murk — (n) c.1300, myrke, from O.N. myrkr darkness, from P.Gmc. *merkwjo (Cf. O.E. mirce murky, black, dark; murkiness, darkness, Dan. mЗїrk darkness, O.S. mirki dark ); cognate with O.C.S. mraku, Serbo Croatian mrak, Russian mrak darkness; Lith … Etymology dictionary
murk — [mə:k US mə:rk] n [U] literary [: Old English; Origin: mirce] darkness caused by smoke, dirt, or clouds = ↑gloom … Dictionary of contemporary English
murk — [ mɜrk ] noun uncount darkness, dirt, or bad light that it is difficult to see through … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
murk-? — *murk ? germ.?, Verb: nhd. morsch werden; ne. become rotten; Rekontruktionsbasis: an.; Etymologie: idg. *merk (1), *merg̑ (2), Verb, morschen, faulen, einweichen, Pokorny 739; Weit … Germanisches Wörterbuch
