mirksome en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- mûrk'səm rhotic
- /ˈmɜːksəm/ non-rhotic
- /ˈmɜɹksəm/ rhotic
Etymology
From mirk + -some.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Dark; gloomy; murky.
And there, in silence deaf and mirksome shade, / His characters and circles vain he made.
1600 [1581], Edward, trans. Fairfax, Jerusalem Delivered, book XIII, verse v, translation of La Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso:Then to her yron wagon she betakes, / And with her beares the fowle welfavourd witch: / Through mirksome aire her ready way she makes.
1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto 5, verse 28:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more mirksome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most mirksome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |