murksome

English

Alternative forms

• mirksome

Etymology

From murk +‎ -some.

Adjective

murksome (comparative more murksome, superlative most murksome)

1. Suggestive or indicative of murk; darksome.
   • 1837, Anne Ross Collinson, Memoir of Mrs. Agnes Bulmer:

     So, when stern Winter in his frozen vest Enfolds fair Nature's charms, the vaporous air, Surcharged and dense, repels the solar beam ; No genial ray falls on the languid earth, But, struggling with the dun, deep, murksome haze, [...]

Derived terms

• murksomeness