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Cimmerian

cim·me·rian

UK/sɪˈmɪə.ɹi.ən/ US/sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/ uncommon formal literary

adjective

1.

intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness

  • “the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt” Norman Douglas
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Origin

From Cimmeria + -an.

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