mirken

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verb

To grow dark.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken.”

OriginMiddle English mirkenen ← Old Norse myrkna →
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Meanings

verbmirken (third-person singular simple present mirkens, present participle mirkening, simple past and past participle mirkened)

present singular third person mirkens · participle present mirkening · participle past mirkened · past mirkened

  1. ScotlandintransitiverareTo grow dark.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
darken

Origin

  1. Old Norsemyrkna“to darken”
  2. Middle Englishmirkenen
  3. Englishmirken

From Middle English mirkenen, merknen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”). Cognate with Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”), Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”), Danish mørkne (“to darken”), equivalent to mirk + -en. More at murk.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mirken

firkinjerkingherkin
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

mirken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirken

MLA

“mirken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mirken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirken.

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