Cimmerian

[ si-meer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. Classical Mythology. of, relating to, or suggestive of a northern people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness.
2. very dark; gloomy:

   deep, Cimmerian caverns.

Cimmerian

/ sɪˈmɪərɪən /

adjective

1. sometimes not capital very dark; gloomy

noun

1. Greek myth one of a people who lived in a land of darkness at the edge of the world

Other Words From

• Cim·meri·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cimmerian¹

First recorded in 1580–1600; from the Latin plural noun Cimmeriī, from the Greek plural noun Kimmérioi, a mythical people mentioned in book 11 of the Odyssey as living at the edge of Oceanus, the stream that surrounds the earth, in a city wrapped in mist and fog, where the sun never shines, near the entrance to Hades

Example Sentences

Anciently the Magnetes were utterly extirpated by Treres, a Cimmerian tribe, who for a long period made successful inroads.

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The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night.

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We feel in these dark Cimmerian limits his wrestle to pass over to the supersensible by thought.

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As applied to Cimmerian sea the epithet dead was applicable.

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That in the term Morimarusa we are in possession of a gloss at once Cimmerian and Slavonic.

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Related Words

• black
• cloudy
• darkened
• dim
• dingy
• drab
• dull
• foggy
• gloomy
• misty
• murky
• overcast
• shadowy
• somber