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Kimmerian

Kimmerian \Kim*me"ri*an\, a. See Cimmerian.

Kimmerian

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.

  2. Without any light; intensely dark.

    In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
    --Milton.