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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

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Example Sentences

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murk

The opener, “Six Shot Morning,” is the first of several tracks that hover in the turn-of-the-’80s murk when Joy Division was transforming into New Order after the untimely death of Ian Curtis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

They just hide in the murk of unknown facts.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Nine Inch Nails thrive in the murk of base human instinct and tech-driven dread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Holmes’ willingness to stare into the murk to pull out the truth makes him an uncommon hero and an effective instrument of justice, rare and necessary qualities in a society corrupted by fear.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

I shouldn’t have been able to see through the murk, but somehow I could tell where everything was.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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