murk nightn.

Brit.

/ˈməːk ˌnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmərk ˌnaɪt/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌrk ˌnʌit/

Forms: see murk adj. and night n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murk adj., night n.

Etymology: < murk adj. + night n. Compare Old Icelandic myrk-nætti. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Mirk adj. records the word as still in use in Angus and Ayrshire in 1963.

Chiefly Scottish and poetic.

The darkest part of the night; (also more generally) the darkness of night. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > darkness of night

nightOE

murk nightc1300

shadowsa1382

night-shade1558

the shades (of night, of evening, etc.)1582

owl-light1599

black1683

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 404 (MED) Ihesu crist..makede mone On þe mirke nith to shine.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) civ. 37 He sprede..the fyre that thai myght see in myrk nyght.

1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 477 O May, thy morn was ne'er sae sweet As the mirk night o' December.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 248 They wad never think of his lordship coming back till mirk night.

a1884 C. S. Calverley Lit. Rem. (1885) 206 Murk night seemed lately fair-complexioned day.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiii. 125 That Roman eftsoons sleeps: Nor wakes from stupor, till now is murk night.

1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lix. 84 Now tarters in the murk night Sent great numbers of sojers with lanthorns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murk night
释义	murk nightn. Brit. /ˈməːk ˌnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmərk ˌnaɪt/, Scottish English /ˈmʌrk ˌnʌit/ Forms: see murk adj. and night n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murk adj., night n. Etymology: < murk adj. + night n. Compare Old Icelandic myrk-nætti. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Mirk adj. records the word as still in use in Angus and Ayrshire in 1963. Chiefly Scottish and poetic. The darkest part of the night; (also more generally) the darkness of night. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > darkness of night nightOE murk nightc1300 shadowsa1382 night-shade1558 the shades (of night, of evening, etc.)1582 owl-light1599 black1683 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 404 (MED) Ihesu crist..makede mone On þe mirke nith to shine. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) civ. 37 He sprede..the fyre that thai myght see in myrk nyght. 1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 477 O May, thy morn was ne'er sae sweet As the mirk night o' December. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 248 They wad never think of his lordship coming back till mirk night. a1884 C. S. Calverley Lit. Rem. (1885) 206 Murk night seemed lately fair-complexioned day. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiii. 125 That Roman eftsoons sleeps: Nor wakes from stupor, till now is murk night. 1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lix. 84 Now tarters in the murk night Sent great numbers of sojers with lanthorns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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