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Perpetually dark or gloomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, literally, literary, poetic
Examples
- 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The glimpse of blue vault far above only heightened the cimmerian gloom of the canyon, and the frowning rocks, which rose abruptly gave one the impression that they were on the point of crashing into the ravine.
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Mentally dark; ignorant; benighted.
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Usage: figuratively, formal
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Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.
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Characteristic of Cimmeria, especially in having particularly dense darkness etc.
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Related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria.
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Usage: not-comparable
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The language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch.
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Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
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Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.
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Examples
- 1910, Herodotus (484 B.C.E.–425 B.C.E.), History of Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson In his reign the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomads of Scythia, entered Asia and captured Sardis
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The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.
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Usage: historical
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- 1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 C.E.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, translated by William Fletcher Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian...
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness-Norman Douglas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt
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From Cimmerian.
From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.
Etymology tree English Cimmeria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Cimmerian From Cimmeria + -an.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
kimmerisch
— perpetually dark or gloomy
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German:
kimmerisch
— describing particularly dense darkness
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Armenian:
կիմերերեն
(kimereren)
— language
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German:
Kimmerisch
— language
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Russian:
киммерийский
(kimmerijskij)
— language
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Greek:
Κιμμέριος
(Kimmérios)
— any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness
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Polish:
Kimmeryjczyk
— any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness
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Polish:
Kimmeryjka
— any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness
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Portuguese:
cimério
— any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness
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Spanish:
cimerio
— any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness
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Armenian:
կիմեր
(kimer)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Armenian:
գամիր
(gamir)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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French:
Cimmérien
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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German:
Kimmerier
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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German:
Kimmerierin
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Hungarian:
kimmer
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Italian:
Cimmero
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Portuguese:
cimério
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Russian:
киммери́ец
(kimmeríjec)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Spanish:
cimerio
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Ukrainian:
кімері́єць
(kimeríjecʹ)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Ukrainian:
кімері́йка
(kimeríjka)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Ukrainian:
кіммері́єць
(kimmeríjecʹ)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
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Ukrainian:
кіммері́йка
(kimmeríjka)
— one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
