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Cimmerian

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Cim·me·ri·an  (s-mîr-n)
adj.
Very dark or gloomy.
n. Greek Mythology
One of a mythical people described by Homer as inhabiting a land of perpetual darkness.
[From Latin Cimmeri, the Cimmerians, from Greek Kimmerioi.]
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Adj.1.Cimmerian - intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; "the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman Douglas
dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"


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After many years, on looking back from the middle turn of life's way at the events of the past, which, like a friendly crowd, seem to gaze sadly after us hastening towards the Cimmerian shore, we may see here and there, in the gray throng, some figure glowing with a faint radiance, as though it had caught all the light of our already crepuscular sky.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
In another instant she was gone, and the dim light which had filled the cell faded into Cimmerian blackness.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
At intervals tubes pierce the roof of this underground city, and by means of lenses and reflectors transmit the sunlight, softened and diffused, to dispel what would otherwise be Cimmerian darkness.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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