different between filmy vs murky

English

Etymology

From film +? -y. Doublet of filmic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?lmi/

Adjective

filmy (comparative filmier, superlative filmiest)

1. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
2. Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVI, [1]

     On the following morning the head of Strezlecki Creek was passed and in the dim distance could be seen the filmy blue outlines of Mount Arrowsmith, behind which lay the magnificent Nardoo station.

Polish

Noun

filmy m

1. nominative plural of film
2. accusative plural of film
3. vocative plural of film

English

Alternative forms

• mirky

Etymology

From Middle English mirky; equivalent to murk +? -y. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian ???? (mrak), Serbo-Croatian ?????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)ki/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ki

Adjective

murky (comparative murkier, superlative murkiest)

1. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
2. Dark, dim, gloomy.
3. Cloudy, indistinct, obscure.
4. Dishonest, shady.

Synonyms

• dark

Related terms

• murk
• murkily
• murkiness

Translations

Further reading

• murky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• murky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.