| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Darkness; gloom; murk.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Dark; gloomy; murky.[Websters] 2. Being dark, murky, gloomy, black or obscure. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being sombre or somber. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being dim, opaque, dusky, overcast or dingy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being dismal, dreary, bleak, funereal or glum. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being cloudy or foggy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being shady or shadowy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being morose, sullen or atrabilious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being heavy, thick or deep. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb mirkly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (mirkly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective mirk.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Mirk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1450. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Dark. . Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Darkness; gloom; murk.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Dark; gloomy; murky.[Websters]
2. Being dark, murky, gloomy, black or obscure. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being sombre or somber. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being dim, opaque, dusky, overcast or dingy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being dismal, dreary, bleak, funereal or glum. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being cloudy or foggy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being shady or shadowy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being morose, sullen or atrabilious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being heavy, thick or deep. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb mirkly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (mirkly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective mirk.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MIRK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1450. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Dark. . Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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