murkiness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
noun the quality of being cloudy

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

Under it every trace of Nina's murkiness had vanished. — The Creators: A Comedy, May Sinclair
Yes, you're better than I am.” Dick considered rapidly the murkiness of an average man's life. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
In the rose-flushed south towards which the Taube faced as it hovered above the ruins of the village, black columns of vapour swelled and towered, and acrid flashes stabbed through the murkiness. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

fog, fogginess, murk

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