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mirk

mirk is the archaic spelling of murk.

Meaning of murk

Noun

murk (uncountable)

  1. Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
    • […]in murk and occidental dampc. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    gloom

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Forms of mirk

Verb
third-person singular presentmirks
present participlemirking
past participlemirked
pastmirked
Adjective
comparativemirker
superlativemirkest

Words formed from mirk

Words that rhyme with mirk

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Questions about mirk

What is mirk the archaic spelling of?
Mirk is the archaic spelling of murk.

Words near mirk in the dictionary

  1. Miriuwung
  2. Miriwoong
  3. Miriwung
  4. Mirizzi's syndrome
  5. Mirjapur
  6. mirk
  7. mirked
  8. mirken
  9. mirkened
  10. mirkening
  11. mirkens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mirk (page history and authors); murk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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