CIMMERIAN

Cimmerian

(adjective) intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; “the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt”-Norman Douglas

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

From Cimmerian.

Adjective

cimmerian (comparative more cimmerian, superlative most cimmerian)

(poetic) perpetually dark or gloomy

(figuratively) mentally dark; ignorant

Etymology 1

Noun

Cimmerian (plural Cimmerians)

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin

(historical) the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.

Adjective

Cimmerian (comparative more Cimmerian, superlative most Cimmerian)

Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.

Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.

Proper noun

Cimmerian

the language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch

Etymology 2

Adjective

Cimmerian (not comparable)

related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria

Source: Wiktionary

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Cim*me"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also Kimmerian.]

1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

2. Without any light; intensely dark. In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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