mirkning
2 synonyms and 2 antonyms for mirkning, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Late twilight or dusk, when evening grows dark.
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Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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Etymology
Comes from Scots mirken (“to grow dark, darken, become overcast”), from Old Norse myrkna (“dark, gloomy”), with -ing, a noun-forming suffix; equivalent to mirken + -ing.
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