Cimmerian
[si-meer-ee-uh n]
- Classical Mythology. of, relating to, or suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness.
- very dark; gloomy: deep, Cimmerian caverns.
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In a valley among the black Cimmerian mountains the death-god Somnus had his abode.
A Book of MythsJean Lang
There was something about the confidence in the Cimmerian's dark face that shook him.
A Witch Shall Be BornRobert E. Howard
The helmeted guards at the frontier did not question the Cimmerian.
The Hour of the DragonRobert E. Howard
He and the Cimmerian knew each other of old, and without love.
Jewels of GwahlurRobert E. Howard
The tall Cimmerian was forced to bend his head as he stood up.
Jewels of GwahlurRobert E. Howard
Cimmerian
- (sometimes not capital) very dark; gloomy
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- Greek myth one of a people who lived in a land of darkness at the edge of the world
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Word Origin and History for cimmerian
Cimmerian
adj.
late 16c., "pertaining to the Cimmerii," an ancient nomadic people who, according to Herodotus, inhabited the region around the Crimea, and who, according to Assyrian sources, overran Asia Minor 7c. B.C.E.; from Latin Cimmerius, from Greek Kimmerios. Homer described their land as a place of perpetual mist and darkness beyond the ocean, but whether he had in mind the same people Herodotus did, or any real place, is unclear.
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