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• a variation of merk.

murk

¹ American  

[murk] / mɜrk /

Or mirk

noun

1. darkness; gloom.

   the murk of a foggy night.

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adjective

1. Archaic. dark; murky.

murk ² American  

[murk] / mɜrk /

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. a variant of merk.

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murk ¹ British  

/ mɜːk /

noun

1. gloomy darkness

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adjective

1. an archaic variant of murky

murk ² British  

/ mɜːk /

verb

1. to murder (a person)

2. to defeat (a team) convincingly

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Etymology

Origin of murk¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English mirke, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr “dark, darkness,” replacing Old English myrce “dark”

Origin of murk²

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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Leave it to these three to drift into the murk of a warehouse club for a near decade, and come back bigger rock stars and more powerful a band than ever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

So by late morning most of the murk should have lifted, allowing for something brighter.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

Through the murk, China’s interest in the war is important and complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

There are pinholes in the murk, apertures such as the Instagram feeds of Gaza photographers and a small number of testimonies that slip through.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

Through the indigo murk, she could make out the wizened features at the Undying One to her right, an old old man, wrinkled and hairless.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin