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cimmerian

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Cim⋅me⋅ri⋅an

  [si-meer-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. Classical Mythology. of, pertaining to, or suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness.
2. very dark; gloomy: deep, Cimmerian caverns.
Related forms:
Cim⋅me⋅ri⋅an⋅ism, noun
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Cim·me·ri·an   (sĭ-mîr'ē-ən)   
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 Cimmeriī, the Cimmerians, from Greek Kimmerioi.]
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