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- adjective Archaic Dark; gloomy; murky.
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- adjective archaic
dark ;gloomy ;murky
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bestiary commented on the word mirksome
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