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語源

From 中期英語 mirkenen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), equivalent to murk +‎ -en.

動詞

murken (third-person singular simple present murkens, present participle murkening, simple past and past participle murkened)

1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark
   • 1917, William Steven, Yarrow, page 130:

     With brooding forecast of the brumal blast,
     And treasures white poured from cold northern stores,
     A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods,
     A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […]

   • 2008, T. David Lee, 108th Street, page 160:

     The parking lot was emptying rapidly as all the Labor Day picnic groups headed home in the murkening gloom.

アナグラム

• Krumen, Renkum