murkinessn.

Brit.

/ˈməːkɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmərkinᵻs/

Forms: late Middle English mirkines, 1700s– merkyness (archaic), 1800s– mirkiness, 1800s– murkiness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murky adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < murky adj. + -ness suffix, probably as alteration of earlier murkness n.

The quality or fact of being murky; darkness, obscurity, gloom. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > intense darkness > caused by smoke

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a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 111 (MED) My night..has no mirkines Bot in ay lastand light es.

a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 221 The feynte rodde leme slowe creepeth oere the greene, Toe chase the merkyness of nyghte awaie.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. ix. 12 As if within that murkiness of mind Work'd feelings fearful, and yet undefined.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 209 Is it not rather the very murkiness, and atmospheric suffocation, that brings the lightning and the light?

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 39 An Unknown Land they made out through the mirkiness and spray.

1926 Mod. Lang. Notes 41 150 Issuing from a long way of mirkiness, Tundale and his guardian angel [etc.].

1992 Harrowsmith Sept.–Oct. 77/2 That's when Neidrauer dons his dry suit with scuba tanks and sloshes into the murkiness under floathouses, dragging 45-gallon drums.

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

单词	murkiness
释义	murkinessn. Brit. /ˈməːkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmərkinᵻs/ Forms: late Middle English mirkines, 1700s– merkyness (archaic), 1800s– mirkiness, 1800s– murkiness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murky adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < murky adj. + -ness suffix, probably as alteration of earlier murkness n. The quality or fact of being murky; darkness, obscurity, gloom. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > intense darkness > caused by smoke murknessa1325 murkinessa1425 a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 111 (MED) My night..has no mirkines Bot in ay lastand light es. a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 221 The feynte rodde leme slowe creepeth oere the greene, Toe chase the merkyness of nyghte awaie. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. ix. 12 As if within that murkiness of mind Work'd feelings fearful, and yet undefined. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 209 Is it not rather the very murkiness, and atmospheric suffocation, that brings the lightning and the light? 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 39 An Unknown Land they made out through the mirkiness and spray. 1926 Mod. Lang. Notes 41 150 Issuing from a long way of mirkiness, Tundale and his guardian angel [etc.]. 1992 Harrowsmith Sept.–Oct. 77/2 That's when Neidrauer dons his dry suit with scuba tanks and sloshes into the murkiness under floathouses, dragging 45-gallon drums. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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