寂じゃく寞まく

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle, na-adjective, noun

lonely; desolate; forlorn

Formal, literary, and somewhat dated term describing a scene or feeling of profound loneliness and emptiness. Often used in written descriptions of landscapes or emotional states. The reading せきばく is a variant.

See also: 寂寞 (せきばく)

• 寂じゃく寞まくとした荒こう野やが広ひろがっていた。

  A desolate wilderness stretched out.

• 彼かれは寂じゃく寞まくの思おもいに沈しずんだ。

  He sank into a feeling of loneliness.