I. sə̇ˈmirēən, -mēr- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Cimmerii, a mythical people (from Greek Kimmerioi ) + English -an
1. : of or suggestive of the Cimmerians
2. : suggestive of the fabled home of the Cimmerians : marked by intensity of darkness or gloom : stygian
in cimmerian gloom, darker than starless midnight — a darkness that could be felt — Norman Douglas
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : one of a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in a remote realm of mist and gloom
2. : one of a nomadic people of antiquity dwelling about the Crimea who overran Asia Minor about 635 B.C. and were succeeded in southern Russia by the Sarmatians and Scythians