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mirksome

Syllables: mirk·some/ˈmɜɹksəm/

mirksome adjective: dark; gloomy; murky.

Adjective

mirksome (comparative more mirksome, superlative most mirksome)

  1. (obsolete) Dark; gloomy; murky.
    • Then to her yron wagon she betakes, / And with her beares the fowle welfavourd witch: / Through mirksome aire her ready way she makes.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto 5, verse 28
    • And there, in silence deaf and mirksome shade, / His characters and circles vain he made.1600 [1581], Edward, trans. Fairfax, Jerusalem Delivered, book XIII, verse v, translation of La Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso

Synonyms of mirksome

Forms of mirksome

comparativemore mirksome
superlativemost mirksome

Origin of mirksome

From mirk + -some.

Words that rhyme with mirksome

Questions about mirksome

What does mirksome mean?
Mirksome means dark; gloomy; murky.
What part of speech is mirksome?
Mirksome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mirksome?
Mirksome is pronounced /ˈmɜɹksəm/.

Words near mirksome in the dictionary

  1. mirkning
  2. mirkoin
  3. Mirkovic
  4. Mirkovich
  5. mirks
  6. mirksome
  7. Mirkwood
  8. mirky
  9. mirligoes
  10. mirliton
  11. mirlitons

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