Mirk
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Archaic spelling of murk. alt-of, archaic, uncountable
"The thickness of mirk is bad enough, but the thickness of white, illimitable ether is worse a thousandfold, for it closes the eye and mazes the wits."
- 1 Archaic spelling of murk. alt-of, archaic
"And there they lay so near his little heart, / With whispering of things that happened not, / Until the serpent green had mirked / His manly vision in a way that lost / The anchorage of balanced sanity."
- 1 Archaic spelling of murk. alt-of, archaic
"c. 1590, Robert Greene, The Scottish History of James the Fourth, Act 5, Chorus 6, Norman Sanders (editor), 1973, The Revels Plays: James the Fourth, page 128, What gars this din of mirk and baleful harm, / Where everywean is all betaint with bloud?"
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More examples"The thickness of mirk is bad enough, but the thickness of white, illimitable ether is worse a thousandfold, for it closes the eye and mazes the wits."
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