Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHard to see through, as a fog or mist. · Dark, dim, gloomy. · Cloudy, indistinct, obscure. · Dishonest, shady.
From Middle English mirky. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian мрак (mrak) and its Slavic cognates. By surface analysis, murk + -y.
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