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mirken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mirken
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To grow dark.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mirkens (present, singular) mirkening (participle, present) mirkened (participle, past) mirkened (past)

Derived Forms

mirkening mirkning

Rhymes With

jerkin gherkin merkin firkin

Questions

What does mirken mean?
To grow dark.
Where does mirken come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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