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murksome, mirksome, a. rare.|ˈmɜːksəm| [f. murk n. + -some.] Dark, obscure. Hence ˈmurksomeness.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. v. 28 Through mirkesome aire her ready way she makes. 1600Fairfax Tasso xiii. v, There in silence deafe and mirksome shade. 1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 75 You can easily foord over all the depths therof, and cleerly comprehend all the darkest mirksomenesse therin. 1642H. More Song Soul ii. i. iv. 2 That all that springs from hence should be resolv'd Into this mirksome sourse, first matter hight. 1794Burns Bonie Lass Made the Bed to Me i, The mirksome night did me enfauld. 1855–9Singleton Virgil II. 141 Confined in darkness and a mirksome jail. |