Cimmerian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cimmerian \Cim*me"ri*an\, a. [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also
     {Kimmerian}.]
     1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to
        have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and
        perpetual darkness.
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     2. Without any light; intensely dark.
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              In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.  --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cimmerian
       adj : intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; "the
             Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman
             Douglas