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Definition murk
Etymology 1
From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *merg?- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *mork? (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), Ancient Greek ??????? (amorbós, “dark”).
Adjective
murk (comparative murker, superlative murkest)
- Dark, murky
Etymology 2
From Middle English mirke, merke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“darkness, gloom”) and Old Norse myrkr (“darkness, gloom”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkw?, *mirkwiz (“darkness”), Proto-Indo-European *merg?- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).
Noun
murk (uncountable)
- Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
Etymology 3
From Middle English mirken, probably from Old Norse myrkja, myrkva (“to make dark, darken”), from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijan?, *mirkwajan? (“to make dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *merg?- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).
Verb
murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)
Etymology 4
Possibly an alteration of merc, from clipping of mercenary.
Verb
murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)
- (African American Vernacular, MLE) To murder or seriously injure.
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