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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Archaic Dark; gloomy; murky.

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  • adjective archaic dark; gloomy; murky

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  • what a great word!

    it looks like it's trying to somehow combine "mirth" and "irksome," but the real definition is better.

    (i wonder why it wasn't "murksome.")

    July 29, 2008