murklins
This is a lost word used back in the 15 - 1600s. It means in the dark. As in: I stumbled murklins through the garage trying to find the light switch.
posted by the scribbler | 1:39 AM
Obsolete Word of the Day
If you share my enthusiasm for interesting words and phrases, give this blog a try! It's just for grins and giggles.
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PRIMARY SOURCES: More Weird and Wonderful Words, Erin McKean, 2003; Forgotten English 2006 desktop calendar, Jeffrey Kacirk; Common Phrases, J. Mordock & Myron Korach, 2001; The Dictionary of Cliches, James Rogers, 1985; The American Heritage Dictionary
3 Comments:
I absolutely love this word! It totally sounds like it doesn't fit in context, though, really, it does. I found it on a different site a while ago and I was disappointed to find that it was not on dictionary.com
I'm glad to find someone else who is fond of odd words. :)
In fact, as I type this, I am murklins. Sadly, there is a squiggly line underneath "murklins". Let's bring the word back!
I love it! Most obsolete or archaic words sound terrible, words that deserve to be forgotten. This is almost poetic.
Used by the Guardian here, along with another work from the middle ages: foppotee
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/26/the-fiver-phil-brown?CMP=EMCFTBEML853
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