mirk

British  

/ mɜːk /

noun

1. a variant spelling of murk 1

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Other Word Forms

• mirkily adverb
• mirkiness noun
• mirky adjective

Example Sentences

And out of the gathering mirk the Nazgûl came with their cold voices crying words of death; and then all hope was quenched.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He had taken that tree, and that tree, and that rock as markers of the path...but there was no path, only the mirk, and the twilight, and the pale trees.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

Lights were seen wandering up the hillsides above the cottage when the nights were mirk and unkindly.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

I couldna, for the life o' me, keep twa human creatures pleading for shelter, wha kendna whar to gang in a mirk nicht like this.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

"The night it is her low lykewake, The morn her burial day, And we maun watch at mirk midnight,55 And hear what she will say."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various