cimmerian – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cimmerian
adj.
very dark or gloomy
Cimmerians
n.
ancient Indo-European people who lived in north of the Caucasus and the Sea of Azov as early as 1300 B.C.
Cimmerians
The
Cimmerians or
Kimmerians (,
Kimmerioi) were an ancient
Indo-European people living north of the
Caucasus as early as 1300 BC. In the 8th century BC, under pressure from the Scythians, they migrated around the Black Sea. Linguistically they are usually regarded as
Iranian, or possibly
Thracian with an Iranian ruling class.
Cimmerian
Adjective
1. intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; "the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman Douglas
(similar) dark
cimmerian
adj.
cimmerian
Cimmerian
(a.)
Without any light; intensely dark.
(a.)
Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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