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.] |
Cimmerian [sɪˈmɪərɪən]
adj
(sometimes not capital) very dark; gloomy
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of a people who lived in a land of darkness at the edge of the world
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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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