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murkiness

mur·ki·ness

uncommon

noun

1.

an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

2.

the quality of being cloudy

Origin

From Middle English mirkines, equivalent to murky + -ness. Compare also Middle English mirkenes, merkenes (“darkness”).

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