Cimmerian

American  

[si-meer-ee-uhn] / sɪˈmɪər i ən /

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.

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Cimmerian British  

/ sɪˈmɪərɪən /

adjective

1. (sometimes not capital) very dark; gloomy

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noun

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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Cimmerianism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Cimmerian

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

Related Words

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