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Definition of Mirky
1. Adjective. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment. "Murky waters"
Similar to: Opaque
Derivative terms: Cloudiness, Muddiness, Murk, Murkiness, Turbidity, Turbidness
2. Adjective. Dark or gloomy. "Murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"
Definition of Mirky
1. a. Dark; gloomy. See Murky.
Definition of Mirky
1. Adjective. murky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mirky
1. murky [adj MIRKIER, MIRKIEST] : MIRKILY [adv] - See also: murky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirky
Literary usage of Mirky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Broad Stone of Honour Or the True Sense and Practice of Chivalry: Tancredus by Kenelm Henry Digby (1846)
"... grows my shirt of mail : I ween this mirky night Will soon be at an end, and
the morning sun shine bright. It is not strange that this silence seemed to ..."
2. A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the by George Cornewall Lewis (1839)
"As, " A mirky day," " mirky weather." Concerning this word, see Nares and Jamieson
in Mirk. It is used in Yorkshire: Willan in v. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
""Smiling, hearty, merry, pleased ; mirky as a mandan, merry и a hare,'' SB For
tho' ye wad your ... That mirky (ace o' yours betray« your joy. ..."
4. Volcanoes: Their Structure and Significance by Thomas George Bonney (1899)
"The light of the afternoon faded as the mirky pall spread farther from its centre.
Soon bits of cellular scoria began to fall in pattering showers, ..."
5. Volcanoes: Their Structure and Significance by Thomas George Bonney (1912)
"The light of the afternoon faded as the mirky pall spread farther from its centre.
Soon bits of cellular scoria began to fall in pattering showers, ..."
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