pit-mirkadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtməːk/, U.S.

/ˈpɪtˌmərk/, Scottish English

/ˈpɪtmɪrk/

Forms: see pit n.¹ and murk adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pit n.¹, murk adj.

Etymology: < pit n.¹ + murk adj. (see forms at that entry).

Scottish and English regional (northern).

As dark as a pit; intensely dark, pitch dark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > intensely dark

pitchya1522

Cimmerian1598

pitch dark1704

pit-mirk1728

pitchy dark1732

pitch mirk?1795

as black, or ugly, as sin1827

1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 29 It fell late, And him benighted by the gate. To lye without, pit-mirk, did shore him, He couldna see his thumb before him.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 25 Its yet pit merk, the yerd a' black about.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 174 It's pit mirk—but there's no an ill turn on the road but twa.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 20 Neither moon nor star, sir, and pit-mirk.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 96/2 Pit-mirk, pit-murk, black-dark, intensely dark... ‘A pit-murk neet’.

1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 17 Nov. 36 The teams, wraith-like, came out of the fog and passed the little wooden broadcasting hut. Ten minutes later, they reappeared and vanished into the pit-mirk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pit-mirk
释义	pit-mirkadj. Brit. /ˈpɪtməːk/, U.S. /ˈpɪtˌmərk/, Scottish English /ˈpɪtmɪrk/ Forms: see pit n.¹ and murk adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pit n.¹, murk adj. Etymology: < pit n.¹ + murk adj. (see forms at that entry). Scottish and English regional (northern). As dark as a pit; intensely dark, pitch dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > intensely dark pitchya1522 Cimmerian1598 pitch dark1704 pit-mirk1728 pitchy dark1732 pitch mirk?1795 as black, or ugly, as sin1827 1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 29 It fell late, And him benighted by the gate. To lye without, pit-mirk, did shore him, He couldna see his thumb before him. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 25 Its yet pit merk, the yerd a' black about. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 174 It's pit mirk—but there's no an ill turn on the road but twa. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 20 Neither moon nor star, sir, and pit-mirk. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 96/2 Pit-mirk, pit-murk, black-dark, intensely dark... ‘A pit-murk neet’. 1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 17 Nov. 36 The teams, wraith-like, came out of the fog and passed the little wooden broadcasting hut. Ten minutes later, they reappeared and vanished into the pit-mirk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1728
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